Supreme Court of the United States, 1806

Strawbridge v. Curtiss

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 13, 1806 · Marshall

7 U.S. 267; 2 L. Ed. 435; 3 Cranch 267; 1806 U.S. LEXIS 331 (United States Reports)

Counsel

The question of jurisdiction was submitted to the court, without argument, by JP. B. Key, for the appellants, and Harper, for the appellees., On a subsequent day—

Cases that cite this one

1906 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.

Indiana Gas Company, Inc. v. Home Insurance Company (7th Cir. 1998)
Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Marine Vessel Leasing Corp. (United States District Court for the Central District of California 1978)
Peters v. Pumpkin Air, Inc. (District Court, M.D. Louisiana 1986)
Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Marine Vessel Leasing Corp. (United States District Court for the Central District of California 1978)
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. (Supreme Court of the United States 2005)
Tyrone Powell v. Offshore Navigation, Inc., Etc. (5th Cir. 1981)
Hood Ex Rel. Mississippi v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP (District Court, N.D. Mississippi 2010)
Colon v. Blades (District Court, D. Puerto Rico 2008)
Thompson v. Deloitte & Touche LLP (District Court, S.D. Iowa 2007)
Allapattah Services, Incorporated v. Exxon Corporation (11th Cir. 2004)
del Rosario Ortega v. Star Kist (1st Cir. 2004)
Batton v. Georgia Gulf (District Court, M.D. Louisiana 2003)
Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alejandro Alfonzo-Larrain R. (7th Cir. 1988)
Butcher v. Robertshaw Controls Co. (District Court, D. Maryland 1981)
Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger (Supreme Court of the United States 1978)
Jack S. Russell v. Basila Mfg. Co., Inc. (5th Cir. 1957)
Smith v. Sperling (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 1953)
United States v. Sentinel Fire Ins. Co. (5th Cir. 1949)
Picciotto v. Continental Casualty Co. (1st Cir. 2008)
Maryland Stadium Authority v. Ellerbe Becket Inc. (4th Cir. 2005)
Central Synagogue v. Turner Construction Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1999)
Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's of London (3d Cir. 1997)
H.F. Vegter Excavation Co. v. Village of Oak Brook (District Court, N.D. Illinois 1992)
Galligan v. Westfield Centre Service, Inc. (N.J. 1980)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion

Marshall, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court. — The court has considered this case, and is of opinion, that the jurisdiction cannot be supported.

The words of the act of congress are, “ where an alien is a party, or the ■suit is between a citizen of a state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.” The court understands these expressions to mean, that each distinct interest should be represented by persons, all of whom are entitled to sue, or may be sued, in the federal courts. That is, that where the interest is joint, each of the persons concerned in that interest must be competent to sue, or liable to be sued, in those courts.

But the court does not mean to give an opinion in the case where several parties represent several distinct interests, *and some of those parties r,... are, and others are not, competent to sue, or liable to be sued, in the *- •courts of the United States.

Decree affirmed.

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