Mossman, Surviving in Error v. Higginson, Surviving Partner, in Error

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Article III limits Congress to authorizing suits between a U.S. citizen and a foreigner
• holding that §1332(a)(2) did not provide jurisdiction and complete diversity was lacking because plaintiff and one of the two defendants were foreign corporations, thus foreign citizens
• holding that §1332(a)(2) did not provide jurisdiction and complete diversity was lacking because plaintiff and one of the two defendants were foreign corporations, thus foreign citizens
• expounding that where a foreigner is a party, a citizen of the United States must also be a party. As such, “[a] description of the parties is, therefore, indispensable to the exercise of jurisdiction”
• “the legislative power of conferring jurisdiction on the federal Courts, is, in this respect, confined to suits between citizens and foreigners”
• “the legislative power of conferring jurisdiction on the federal Courts, is, in this respect, confined to suits between citizens and foreigners”

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