National Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company | |
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Argued November 8, 1948 Decided June 20, 1949 | |
Full case name | National Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company |
Citations | 337
U.S.
582 (
more) 69 S. Ct. 1173; 93
L. Ed. 1556; 1949
U.S. LEXIS 2924 |
Holding | |
, treating citizens of United States territories as citizens of a state for the purpose of establishing diversity jurisdiction, is constitutional. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Jackson, joined by Black, Burton |
Concurrence | Rutledge, joined by Murphy |
Dissent | Vinson, joined by Douglas |
Dissent | Frankfurter, joined by Reed |
Laws applied | |
National Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company, 337 U.S. 582 (1949), was a United States Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of 28 U.S.C. §1332(e). §1332(e) treats citizens of United States territories as citizens of a state for the purpose of establishing diversity jurisdiction. [1]