Wheeler v. City and County of Denver
Citations
- 229 U.S. 342
- 33 S. Ct. 842
- 57 L. Ed. 1219
- 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2449
Syllabus
<p>The fact that the plaintiff in a taxpayer’s suit against a municipality was solicited to bring the suit and was indemnified against liability for costs and fees is not enough in itself in the absence of any illegal purpose to make the caso collusive so as to deprive the court of jurisdiction. Cashman v. Amador Canal Co,, 118 U. S. 58, distinguished.</p> <p>The motives of litigants in seeking Federal jurisdiction are immaterial. Blair v. Chicago, 201 U. S. 401.</p> <p>A plaintiff is not to be charged with bad faith in bringing an action simply because after it was commenced the same issue was raised and decided adversely in an action between other parties.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that jurisdiction exists in such cases so long as the diverse parties exercise control over the litigation
- holding that jurisdiction exists in such cases so long as the diverse parties exercise control over the litigation
- “[T]he cases are numerous in which it has been decided that the motives of litigants in seeking Federal jurisdiction are immaterial.”
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Judges: Day, McKenna
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