EGAN v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 77, Docket 27985.

324 F.2d 565 (1963)

Elizabeth Anna EGAN and John H. Seiter, as Administrators of the Estate of Eileen M. Seiter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton S. Cooper, New York City (Leonard Lerner and Shatzkin & Cooper, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert F. Ewald, New York City (P. G. Pennoyer, Jr., Peter J. Magee and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

We affirm in open court. The asserted basis of jurisdiction is diversity of citizenship. Judge Rayfiel held that defendant American Airlines, Inc., while incorporated in Delaware, had its principal place of business in New York and dismissed the action for lack of jurisdiction, applying 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c). In concluding that New York was the state where American Airlines, Inc. had its principal place of business, Judge Rayfiel correctly...

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