Legal Opinion
Ellen Hawes, for Herself and in Representation of the Minors Ana Francisca Hawes and Maria Cristina Hawes v. Club Ecuestre El Comandante
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 18, 1979No. 78-1387PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants appeal the dismissal of their tort action for lack of diversity citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1), Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(1). On April 17, 1974, John Hawes 1 and Ellen Hawes, husband and wife, alleging citizenship in New York, brought suit against the defendants, including four equestrian clubs and federations, the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, an insurance company and thirty-eight individual defendants, for injuries incurred by John Hawes.
The issue is whether John and Ellen Hawes were domiciled in New York or, as the district court found,…
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