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LUMBERMEN'S CASUALTY CO. v. ELBERT

No. 11.

348 U.S. 48 (1954)

LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL CASUALTY CO. v. ELBERT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Mayer argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Joseph H. Jackson.

John M. Madison and Whitfield Jack argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the Louisiana direct action statute. This Court has today had occasion to test that statute against certain claims of unconstitutionality, Watson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp., post, p. 66.1 Questions are raised here involving the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts in cases arising under the statute.

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