Legal Opinion
Matimak Trading Co. v. Albert Khalily, D/B/A Unitex Mills, Inc., and D.A.Y. Kids Sportswear Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 27, 1997No. 1251, Docket 96-9117PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from an order entered August 19, 1996 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Wood, J.) dismissing plaintiffs claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We review de novo the grant of the dismissal motion. See PaineWebber Inc. v. Bybyk, 81 F.3d 1193, 1197 (2d Cir.1996).
The principal issue is whether a Hong Kong corporation is either a “citizen or subject” of a “foreign state” for purposes of alienage jurisdiction. See U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2). More precisely the issue is whether…
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