Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company | |
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Argued October 19, 1910 Decided November 28, 1910 | |
Full case name | Harvey Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company |
Citations | 218
U.S.
357 (
more) 31 S. Ct. 81; 54
L. Ed. 1069 |
Holding | |
A Circuit Court of the United States does not have jurisdiction over a suit where both plaintiff and defendant are an out of state citizens | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Harlan, joined by unanimous |
Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company, 218 U.S. 357 (1910), was a United States Supreme Court case involving jurisdiction over a suit involving a citizen from another state beyond the Court's jurisdiction, suing a New Jersey Corporation, another out of state citizen. The Court asserted that under the statute jurisdiction was improper because neither party was a citizen in the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. [1] The Court followed the decision in Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company another case decided later that same year.
Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company | |
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Argued October 19, 1910 Decided November 28, 1910 | |
Full case name | Harvey Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company |
Citations | 218
U.S.
357 (
more) 31 S. Ct. 81; 54
L. Ed. 1069 |
Holding | |
A Circuit Court of the United States does not have jurisdiction over a suit where both plaintiff and defendant are an out of state citizens | |
Court membership | |
| |
Case opinion | |
Majority | Harlan, joined by unanimous |
Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company, 218 U.S. 357 (1910), was a United States Supreme Court case involving jurisdiction over a suit involving a citizen from another state beyond the Court's jurisdiction, suing a New Jersey Corporation, another out of state citizen. The Court asserted that under the statute jurisdiction was improper because neither party was a citizen in the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. [1] The Court followed the decision in Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company another case decided later that same year.