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LORRAINE MOTORS, INC. v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.

Civ. No. 18892.

166 F.Supp. 319 (1958)

LORRAINE MOTORS, INC., Plaintiff, v. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Defendant. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Frederick J. BENES, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

September 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Engelson, New York City, for plaintiff.

Maurice, McNamee & White, New York City, for defendant and third-party plaintiff, Robert B. White, New York City, of counsel.

Thomas W. Fleckenstein, Bellmore, N. Y., for third-party defendant.

ZAVATT, District Judge.

This motion calls for an interpretation of the Act of Congress, Public Law No. 85-554, 85th Congress (July 25, 1958), 72 Stat. 415, which amended Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 so as to increase the jurisdictional requirement as to amount in controversy in diversity of citizenship cases. Section 1332, as so amended, now gives this court jurisdiction in diversity cases only where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of $10,000, exclusive...

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