Paye/Tigar: New Form of State Oct 8, 2007
This was a claim of diversity of citizenship, a category recognized explicitly in the federal Constitution and in the first Judiciary Act. Scott claimed that Sanford had assaulted him, but the heart of the case was the claimnecessarily involved in the claim of assault, that Scott was a free person entitled to have his rights respected. (Zmag.org)
Tribune Co. hires Wall Street advisers to explore options Sep 29, 2006
U.S. District Court Judge Milton Shadur wrote in a memo that there was a lack of required diversity of citizenship in the lawsuit that claimed Mr. FitzSimons along with seven other directors were holding the company hostage by refusing to consider purchase offers for some of its newspapers. Mr. Shadur said he believed that the , as an entity separate from its directors, should be aligned with the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and that would make the case ineligible for federal court. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Federal claim stemming from Ward case dismissed Jul 20, 2006
The plaintiffs amended the complaint twice, seeking federal jurisdiction because of a constitutional claim against the city of Montrose and diversity of citizenship ... Ward and Jones had originally asked the court to exercise jurisdction based on diversity of citizenship. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Full text of Roberts year-end report Jan 1, 2006
In contrast, district court civil filings declined by 10 percent, primarily as a result of decreases in federal question filings and diversity of citizenship cases (3) ... Total diversity of citizenship filings dropped 8 percent, mainly as a result of a 15 percent decrease in personal injury/product liability filings. (MSNBC -- Politics)
