CHICK KAM CHOO v. EXXON CORP.

No. 84-2351.

764 F.2d 1148 (1985)

CHICK KAM CHOO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton Musslewhite, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James Patrick Cooney, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHNSON, JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether diversity jurisdiction may be invoked in a suit between individual alien plaintiffs and an alien corporation with its principal place of business in a state different from that of the forum state. The district court assumed jurisdiction of the case under the diversity of citizenship provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2). Because the district court was without jurisdiction, we vacate the court...

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