OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This matter comes to us under our jurisdiction over diversity of citizenship cases. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Beginning with the First Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress authorized federal courts to hear suits "between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State." § 11, 1 Stat. 73, 78 (1789). The grant of diversity jurisdiction to federal courts was controversial at its inception...
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