Litigants: | National Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company |
Arguedate: | November 8 |
Argueyear: | 1948 |
Decidedate: | June 20 |
Decideyear: | 1949 |
Fullname: | National Mutual Insurance Company v. Tidewater Transfer Company |
Usvol: | 337 |
Uspage: | 582 |
Parallelcitations: | 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. |
Plurality: | Jackson |
Joinplurality: | Black, Burton |
Concurrence: | Rutledge |
Joinconcurrence: | Murphy |
Dissent: | Vinson |
Joindissent: | Douglas |
Dissent2: | Frankfurter |
Joindissent2: | Reed |
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]