Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America

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• holding that a corporation’s allegations of states where it does not have its principal place of business is insufficient to affirmatively allege diversity of parties
• holding that an allegation that defendant was not a citizen of a particular state did not establish citizenship for diversity purposes
• holding that allegation that defendant was not a citizen of particular states did not establish citizenship for diversity purposes, “since citizenship must be distinctly and affirmatively alleged.”
• holding that all served defendants are required to join in petition for removal no later than 30 days from the date on which the first defendant was served
• holding that a notice of removal must be filed within thirty days of service on the first defendant and that all defendants must join in the notice within that time period
• holding that parties must make “clear, distinct, and precise affirmative jurisdictional allegations”

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