Felicia A. Wilcox v. Corrections Corporation of America

How courts have described this case

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• holding that federal court lacks jurisdiction of a suit by a lawful permanent resident alien against another alien
• discussing the 1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Israel and finding that it did not confer federal jurisdiction in that case
• “federal courts do not have diversity jurisdiction over lawsuits between two foreign parties . . . .”
• “The legislative history of [the 2011] amendment shows that Congress intended to address the constitutional problems posed by the deeming clause.”
• “We hold that 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2) does not confer diversity jurisdiction where a permanent resident alien sues a non-resident alien.”
• a foreign citizen who is a permanent resident of the United States is an alien for purposes of diversity jurisdiction

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