Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Insurance Company v. Leyron Alvin Greene
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1979No. 79-1126PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1964 Congress limited the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts by adding the following language to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c):. in any direct action against the insurer of a policy or contract of liability insurance, whether incorporated or unincorporated, to which action the insured is not joined as a party-defendant, such insurer shall be deemed a citizen of the State of which the insured is a citizen, as well as of any State by which the insurer has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Paz R. Hernandez v. The Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Vines v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Martha Nell Campbell v. Insurance Company of North America, Sentry Life Insurance Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Twin City Fire Insurance Company v. WilkersonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1965
- General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. KirklandTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
3Cited by34 opinions
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- Dairyland Insurance Company v. Ann R. Makover, and Bernard Makover v. Robert Lawrence KnauerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- McNeilab, Inc. v. North River InsuranceDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1986
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