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Assignments And Transfers Affecting Federal Diversity Jurisdiction, Barry E. Wolf
Assignments And Transfers Affecting Federal Diversity Jurisdiction, Barry E. Wolf
Washington Law Review
This comment examines the application of section 1359 to assignments and transfers which affect federal diversity jurisdiction. Throughout the following discussion, the focus is directed toward the determination of more uniform standards for the interpretation of the statute. The purpose of section 1359, from which general guidelines may be drawn, is examined in part I. Part II includes a survey of cases which have dealt with assignments and transfers to invoke or defeat federal diversity jurisdiction. Certain factors the courts have relied on, and certain rules they have developed, in attempting to answer the questions posed above will be explained, …
Original Jurisidiction—Interstate Water Pollution: Alternatives To The Original Jurisdiction Of The United States Supreme Court—Ohio V. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp., 401 U.S. 493 (1971), Anon
Washington Law Review
Ohio, alleging that foreign corporations were polluting Lake Erie's waters by discharging mercury into tributaries of Lake Erie, sought to invoke the original jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court by moving for leave to file a bill of complaint. Ohio desired a decree declaring the alleged pollution a public nuisance, granting injunctive relief, ordering removal of the mercury, and requiring payment of damages. The Court denied the motion for leave to file the bill of complaint. Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp., 401 U.S. 493 (1971).