Definition of DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP
A phrase used with reference to the jurisdiction of the federal courts, which, under U.S.Const. art. 3, § 2, extends to cases between citizens of different states, designating the condition existing when the party on one side of a lawsuit is a citizen of one state, and the party on the other side is a citizen of another state. When this is the basis of jurisdiction, all the persons on one side of the controversy must be citizens of different states from all the persons on the other side. Albert Pick & Co. v. CassPutnam Hotel Co., D.C.Mich., 41 F.2d 74; Soptich v. St. Joseph Nat. Croation Beneficiary Ass'n, D. C.Kan., 34 F.2d 566.
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