JENKINS v. RENEAU

Nos. 81-5787, 82-5156.

697 F.2d 160 (1983)

M.C. JENKINS, Heir at Law to Mrs. Flora Jenkins, Deceased, for Himself and All Other Heirs at Law, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James RENEAU, III, and R. Ken Witcher, Defendants-Appellees. M.C. JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary Emma RENEAU, Administratrix for the Estate of the Late James Reneau, Jr., Deceased, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Harvey Sanderson, Cookeville, Tenn., for Mary Emma Reneau.

John R. Meldorf, Meldorf & Young, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Vann Owens, Leitner, Warner, Owens, Moffitt, Williams & Dooley, Chattanooga, Tenn., for James Reneau.

Before LIVELY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WILHOIT, District Judge.


LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from dismissal of an action in which he charged the defendants with malpractice. The defendants are residents of Tennessee who are attorneys licensed to practice in that state. The plaintiff is a resident of Alabama, and jurisdiction of the district court was premised upon diversity of citizenship. The district court found that complete diversity was lacking, and dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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