United States Second Circuit

Where party opposing diversity jurisdiction has presented evidence that some parties have changed to a nondiverse residence, party seeking diversity jurisdiction bears the ultimate burden of persuasion to establish diversity jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2000
• Decided 05/23/2001
• Published 05/23/2001

Judges

• CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:, Before: CALABRESI, CABRANES, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald Walpin, (Joseph Zuckerman & BarryMichael Okun on the brief), Rosenman & Colin LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs Counter-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., Gregory P. Joseph, Fried, Frank, Harris, Schriver & Jacobson, New York, N.Y. (David Spears, Richards, Spears, Kibbe & Orbe, on the brief) (Einer Elhauge & David Rosenberg, of counsel, on the brief), for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.