Capron v. Van Noorden

Capron v. Van Noorden

Decided March 5, 1804
Full case name Capron v. Van Noorden
Citations

6 U.S. 126 (more)

2 L. Ed. 229; 1804 U.S. LEXIS 253; 2 Cranch 126
Prior history Error to the Circuit Court of North Carolina
Holding
A plaintiff is allowed to dismiss a case that he had lost at trial because of a lack of diversity jurisdiction, leaving the plaintiff free to bring the case again.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Marshall

Capron v. Van Noorden, 6 U.S. 126 (1804), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court allowed a plaintiff to dismiss a case that he had lost at trial because of a lack of diversity jurisdiction, leaving the plaintiff free to bring the case again.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Yeazell, S. C. (2008), Civil Procedure (Seventh ed.), New York: Aspen Publishers, p. 218, ISBN 978-0-7355-6925-6.

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