United States Fifth Circuit

In an action alleging that defendants purchased assets in a Canadian pipeline without the consent of its true owner, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where, because plaintiff was the only named plaintiff and alleged in its complaint that it was a foreign corporation organized and existing under the laws of the country of Liechtenstein, it was a foreign citizen for purposes of 28 U.S.C. section 1332(a) and there was not complete diversity among the parties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2010
• Published 04/09/2010

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, ELROD and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric Lee, Lee & Amtzis, Boca Raton, FL, for Stiftung.


• For Appellees:
  
• James D. Thompson, III, Gwendolyn Johnson Samora, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.