Legal Opinion
Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey v. Robbins Coal Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1961No. 18532_1PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
At the threshold of this case we are met by a motion by the appellant to permit it to amend its petition for removal from the state court in order adequately to allege grounds of diversity jurisdiction. The difficulty arose because of the 1958 amendment to the removal statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332(c), which now defines corporate citizenship to include any state in which a corporate party has its principal place of business. The petition for removal alleged diversity in the following terms:
“Petitioner further shows that the plaintiff, Robbins Coal Company, Inc., a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Kinney v. Columbia Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Griffin Lumber Co. v. HarperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Mrs. Fern W. Reuter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Bertha Kaufman v. Western Union Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by55 opinions
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