COURY v. PROT

Nos. 94-20084, 94-20694.

85 F.3d 244 (1996)

David F. COURY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Alain PROT, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Scott Funk, J. Cary Gray, Looper, Reed, Mark and McGraw, Houston, TX, for Coury.

Thomas Donald Moran, Schneider & McKinney, Houston, TX, for Prot.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

In this case David Coury, a citizen of California, sued Alain Prot, a dual citizen of the United States and France, in a Texas state court to recover for damages resulting from breach of contract and fraud. Prot removed the action to the federal district court pleading that he was a dual citizen of France and the United States domiciled in France and therefore entitled to remove this action under the alienage provision of diversity jurisdiction...

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