Yaselli v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

LEARNED HAND, District Judge.

The jurisdiction of this court cannot rest on diversity of citizenship, because both defendants are citizens of the District of Columbia. Hoos v. Jamieson, 166 U. S. 395, 17 Sup. Ct. 596, 41 L. Ed. 1049; Barney v. Baltimore, 6 Wall. 280, 18 L. Ed. 825. Therefore, if there is any jurisdiction whatever, it must rest, upon the fact that the case arises under a federal l'aw. There is authority for this in the District Court. Union Timber Product Co. v. Emergency Fleet Corp., 252 Fed. 320; Ingram Day Lumber Co. v. Emergency Fleet Corp., 267 Fed. 283; Harry Porter Co.…