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BLAKEMORE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 85-1988.

789 F.2d 616 (1986)

Carla BLAKEMORE, Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Nash, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Elizabeth J. Robben, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The issue before us is whether Carla Blakemore is a citizen of Arkansas for the purpose of invoking diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1982) in her suit against Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MoPac), a corporation formed under Delaware law with its principal place of business in Missouri. Blakemore filed a personal injury suit against MoPac in the Eastern District of Arkansas on November 25, 1981, took a voluntary...

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