MIDLANTIC NAT. BANK v. HANSEN

Nos. 93-5120, 93-5160.

48 F.3d 693 (1995)

MIDLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, Appellee, v. E.F. HANSEN, Jr.; G. Eileen Hansen; Hansen Bancorp, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1995.

Sur Petition for Rehearing March 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Braverman (argued) Fellheimer, Eichen & Braverman, Philadelphia, PA, for appellants.

Richard W. Hill (argued) and Gary A. Kruse, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for appellee.

Before: MANSMANN, LEWIS and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the jurisdictional question of the citizenship of an inactive corporation under the federal diversity statute. We conclude that an inactive corporation is a citizen of the state of its incorporation only. Having so concluded, and thus having determined that the district court had, and we have, jurisdiction, we are also called upon to address the meaning of the term "joint applicant" under the...

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