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Third Circuit· 1/3/2008

Frett-Smith v. Vanterpool

Citations

  • 511 F.3d 396
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 31
  • 2008 WL 43721

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, only the American nationality of a dual national is recognized”
  • applying that standard to the factual findings which underpin a court‘s 16 determination of diversity jurisdiction
  • applying that standard to the factual findings which underpin a court‟s 16 determination of diversity jurisdiction
  • stating that “if [a dual citizen] was domiciled abroad at the time her Complaint was filed, No. 07-3415 9 she would not be a citizen of any state and diversity jurisdiction under § 1332(a)(1) would also fail”
  • con-cluding “that for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, only the American nationality of a dual national is recognized”
  • in ruling that plaintiff was domiciled in the V.I., emphasizing that she filed tax returns in the V.I. and had a U.S.V.I. driver’s license

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Judges: Smith, Nygaard, Roth

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