Kates v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Memorandum

KEETON, District Judge.

Plaintiff commenced this action by filing a “complaint for declaratory judgment and relief” in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Defendant removed to this court, which has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 and 1441 because plaintiff is a citizen of Massachusetts, defendant is a Minnesota corporation (hav ing a principal place of business in Minnesota and not in Massachusetts, and not having been incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts), and the amount in controversy exceeds $10,000 exclusive of interest and costs. The case was…