Strawbridge v. Curtiss

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Strawbridge v. Curtiss
ArgueDate=February 12
ArgueYear=1806
DecideDate=February 13
DecideYear=1806
FullName=Strawbridge, et al. v. Curtiss, et al.
USVol=7
USPage=267
Citation=3 Cranch 267; 1806 WL 1213 (U.S.Mass.); 2 L.Ed. 435
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=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.
SCOTUS=1804-1806
Majority=Marshall
JoinMajority="unanimous"
LawsApplied=Judiciary Act of 1789

"Strawbridge v. Curtiss", 7 U.S. 267 (1806) [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=7&page=267 7 U.S. 267] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.] , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States first addressed the question of complete diversity. In a 158 word opinion the court held that for federal diversity jurisdiction under section 11 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, every party on one side must be citizens of a different state. Therefore, when there are joint plaintiffs or defendants, jurisdiction must be established as to each party. This requirement remains in law as a matter of statutory interpretation, not constitutional law.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 7

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