Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Co.

Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company, 218 U.S. 357 (1910), was a United States Supreme Court case involving jurisdiction over a suit involving a citizen from another state beyond the Court's jurisdiction, suing a New Jersey Corporation, another out of state citizen. The Court asserted that under the statute jurisdiction was improper because neither party was a citizen in the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. The Court followed the decision in Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company another case decided later that same year.

Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 19, 1910 Decided November 28, 1910
Full case name	Harvey Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company
Citations	218 U.S. 357 (more) 31 S. Ct. 81; 54 L. Ed. 1069
Holding
A Circuit Court of the United States does not have jurisdiction over a suit where both plaintiff and defendant are an out of state citizens
Court membership
Chief Justice vacant Associate Justices John M. Harlan · Edward D. White Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton Charles E. Hughes
Case opinion
Majority	Harlan, joined by unanimous

External links

• Text of Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Co., 218 U.S. 357 (1910) is available from: Justia Library of Congress