7 U.S. 267 (1806)

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Strawbridge v. Curtiss

U.S.

Jan 1, 1806

7 U.S. 267 (1806)

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holding that diversity jurisdiction requires that all plaintiffs be completely diverse from all defendants

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Opinion

FEBRUARY TERM, 1806.

The question of jurisdiction was submitted to the court without argument, by P.B. Key, for the appellants, and Harper, for the appellees.

On a subsequent day,

THIS was an appeal from a decree of the circuit court, for the district of Massachusetts, which dismissed the complainants' bill in chancery, for want of jurisdiction.

Some of the complaintants were alleged to be citizens of the state of Massachusetts. The defendants were also stated to be citizens of the same state, excepting Curtiss, who was averred to be a citizen of the state of Vermont, and upon whom the subpœna was served in that state.

MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court.

The court has considered this case, and is of opinion that the jurisdiction cannot be supported.

The words of the act of congress are, "where an alien is a party; or the suit is between a citizen of a state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state."

The court understands these expressions to meant that each distinct interest should be represented by persons, all of whom are entitled to sue, or may be sued, in the federal courts. That is, that where the interest is joint, each of the persons concerned in that interest must be competent to sue, or liable to be sued, in those courts.

But the court does not mean to give an opinion in the case where several parties represent several distinct interests, and some of those parties are, and others are not, competent to sue, or liable to be sued, in the courts of the United States.

Decree affirmed.

Summaries of

Strawbridge v. Curtiss

U.S.

Jan 1, 1806

7 U.S. 267 (1806)

holding that diversity jurisdiction requires that all plaintiffs be completely diverse from all defendants

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holding that, for jurisdiction to attach under section 1332, there must be complete diversity between all plaintiffs and defendants

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holding that Congress's grant of diversity jurisdiction to the federal courts requires that no plaintiff and defendant be from the same state

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holding that diversity, in this context, requires "complete diversity"

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holding that, for jurisdiction to attach under section 1332, there must be complete diversity between all plaintiffs and defendants

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holding that, for jurisdiction to attach under section 1332, there must be complete diversity between all plaintiffs and defendants

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holding that, for jurisdiction to attach under section 1332, there must be complete diversity between all plaintiffs and defendants

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holding that diversity jurisdiction requires that each plaintiff be a citizen of a state different from that of each defendant in a given action

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holding that a controversy is not between "citizens of different states," so as to give jurisdiction to the federal courts, unless all the persons on one side of it are citizens of different states from all the persons on the other side

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holding that complete diversity is necessary for jurisdiction

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In Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 3 Cranch 267 (1806), this Court held that the diversity of citizenship statute required "complete diversity": where co-citizens appeared on both sides of a dispute, jurisdiction was lost.

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requiring complete diversity under the predecessor statute to § 1332

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interpreting the language of the general federal diversity statute to require complete diversity

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establishing the complete diversity rule

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In Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 3 Cranch 267, 2 L.Ed. 435 (1806), the Supreme Court held that the diversity requirement is satisfied only if there is "complete diversity" among the plaintiffs and the defendants.

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In Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7 U.S. 267 (1806), the Supreme Court interpreted the original Judiciary Act's diversity provision as requiring complete diversity of citizenship.

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In Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7 U.S. 267 (1806), the Supreme Court interpreted the original Judiciary Act's diversity provision as requiring complete diversity of citizenship.

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requiring complete diversity of parties

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requiring each plaintiff to be from a state different from each defendant for jurisdiction to be proper under § 1332

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In Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 3 Cranch 267, 2 L.Ed. 435 (1806), the Supreme Court construed the original Judiciary Act's diversity provision to require complete diversity of citizenship. Courts have adhered to that statutory interpretation ever since.

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explaining diversity jurisdiction requires diversity among all plaintiffs and all defendants

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requiring complete diversity between plaintiffs and defendants

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establishing the rule of complete diversity

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interpreting the precursor to Section 1332 to require complete diversity

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setting forth complete-diversity rule

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