Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Co.

Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company, 218 U.S. 369 (1910), was a United States Supreme Court case involving jurisdiction over a suit involving a wealthy landowner from Rhode Island, U.S. Senator George P. Wetmore, suing a New Jersey Corporation for emitting toxic fumes onto land he owned in Tennessee. The Court followed its precedent in Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company,[1] in asserting that jurisdiction was improper because neither party was a citizen in the jurisdiction of the Circuit court, but jurisdiction was proper over the foreign British corporation that was joined to the suit.[2]

Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company
Submitted October 11, 1910
Decided November 28, 1910
Full case nameGeorge Peabody Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company
Citations218 U.S. 369 (more)
31 S. Ct. 84; 54 L. Ed. 1073
Holding
A Circuit Court of the United States does not have jurisdiction over a suit where both plaintiff and defendant are an out of state citizens (except for out country citizens)
Court membership
Chief Justice
vacant
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · Edward D. White
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton
Charles E. Hughes
Case opinion
MajorityHarlan, joined by unanimous

References

  1. Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Co., 218 U.S. 357 (1910).
  2. Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Co., 218 U.S. 369 (1910).
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