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CROXTON v. KING'S DEPARTMENT STORE OF NEWPORT NEWS, INC.

No. 14064.

449 F.2d 777 (1971)

Arthur Wood CROXTON, Appellant, v. KING'S DEPARTMENT STORE OF NEWPORT NEWS, INC., and Rayson Precision Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Thompson Wheeler, II, Newport News, Va. (Wheeler, Michalos & Overman, Newport News, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Harold P. Juren, Norfolk, Va. (Maurice B. Shapero, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee King's Dept. Store of Newport News, Inc.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and DUPREE, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The question on appeal is whether there is diversity of citizenship to support federal jurisdiction. The appellant, Arthur Wood Croxton, plaintiff below, is a citizen of Virginia. The defendant, King's Department Store of Newport News, Inc., moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction alleging that, although it is a Delaware corporation, its "principal place of business" is Newport News, Virginia, and for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction it is a citizen...

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