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MORRIS v. HOTEL RIVIERA, INC.

No. 82-5734.

704 F.2d 1113 (1983)

Sheldon S. MORRIS, Naomi J. Morris, and the Continental Insurance Company, a foreign insurance corporation, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. HOTEL RIVIERA, INC., a Nevada corporation, dba Riviera Hotel, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Pilkington & Reynolds, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs/appellants.

Cromer, Barker, Michaelson, Gillock & Rawlings, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant/appellee.

Before WRIGHT, CANBY, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants Sheldon and Naomi Morris and Continental Insurance Company (Continental) seek $75,000 damages for jewels lost when the Morrises were guests of the appellee, Hotel Riviera, Inc. (Riviera). Riviera contends that the Nevada Innkeeper Statute, Nev.Rev.Stat. § 651.010 (1979), limits appellants' potential recovery to $750 and renders them unable to satisfy the $10,000 amount in controversy required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1976) for diversity...

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