Roche’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

cited by 17 later decisions

June 2011

most recently cited

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“Early in its history, the Supreme Court “established that the ‘citizens’ upon whose diversity a plaintiff grounds jurisdiction must be real and substantial parties to the controversy.” Id. at 460-61, 100 S.Ct. 1779 (quotations and citations omitted) (emphasis added). “Thus, a federal court must" disregard nominal or formal parties and rest jurisdiction only upon the citizenship of real parties to the controversy.” Id. (citations omitted) (emphasis added). Thus, in diversity cases, the general . rule is that the citizenship of the real parties in interest is determinative for purposes of diversity jurisdiction. The citizenship rule testing diversity in terms of the real party in interest is grounded in notions of federalism. It is based upon the principle that a primarily local controversy should be tried in the appropriate state forum and that nominal or formal parties, who do not have a significant interest in the outcome of the litigation, should not be able to use the federal courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 354 F. Supp. 2d 660 - West Virginia Ex Rel. McGraw v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
“The obvious and elementary policy behind diversity jurisdiction is that an out-of-state defendant should be entitled to a federal forum if he decides that he cannot receive a fair trial in a state court due to local prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 373 F. Supp. 2d 584 - 17TH STREET ASSOCIATES v. Markel Intern. Ins. Co.
“is determined not by reference to the formal or nominal parties but, rather, there must be complete diversity between the real and substantial parties in interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 519 F. Supp. 2d 609 - BEAUFORT CNTY. SCH. DIST. v. United Nat. Ins. Co.

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