National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co. explained

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]

Notes and References

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