Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company, 218 U.S. 369 (1910), was a United States Supreme Court case involving jurisdiction over a suit involving a wealthy landowner from Rhode Island, U.S. Senator George P. Wetmore, suing a New Jersey Corporation for emitting toxic fumes onto land he owned in Tennessee. The Court followed its precedent in Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company,[1] in asserting that jurisdiction was improper because neither party was a citizen in the jurisdiction of the Circuit court, but jurisdiction was proper over the foreign British corporation that was joined to the suit.[2]
| Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company | |
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| Submitted October 11, 1910 Decided November 28, 1910 | |
| Full case name | George Peabody Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company |
| Citations | 218 U.S. 369 (more) 31 S. Ct. 84; 54 L. Ed. 1073 |
| 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 (except for out country citizens) | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Harlan, joined by unanimous |
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