HERSCHEL v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC.


216 F.Supp. 347 (1963)

Sophia B. HERSCHEL, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dora Eberlin, New York City, for plaintiff.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendant; Robert F. Ewald, New York City, William R. Howard (of Gambrell, Harlon, Russell, Moye & Richardson), Altanta, Ga., of counsel.


LEVET, District Judge.

The multi-state activities of the defendant, a national airline carrier, pose the jurisdictional question of the location of its principal place of business. The plaintiff is a citizen of New York; the defendant, a Delaware corporation alleging its principal place of business in New York. Diversity hinges upon the location of the defendant's "principal place of business," 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c).

The choice is between New York and Florida...

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