National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co.

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]

National Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company
Argued November 8, 1948
Decided June 20, 1949
Full case nameNational Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company
Citations337 U.S. 582 (more)
69 S. Ct. 1173; 93 L. Ed. 1556; 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2924
Holding
28 U.S.C. § 1332(d), treating citizens of United States territories as citizens of a state for the purpose of establishing diversity jurisdiction, is constitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
PluralityJackson, joined by Black, Burton
ConcurrenceRutledge, joined by Murphy
DissentVinson, joined by Douglas
DissentFrankfurter, joined by Reed
Laws applied
28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)

References

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  1. ^ Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 197
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