[DOWNLOAD] "First National Bank Chicago v. United Air Lines" by Supreme Court of the United States * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: First National Bank Chicago v. United Air Lines
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 03, 1952
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. John Louis Nelson was killed when one of respondent's airliners crashed in Utah. Claiming $200,000 under the Utah wrongful death statute, petitioner brought this action in a United States district court in Illinois. Decedent prior to his death was a resident and citizen of Illinois; petitioner, his executor, is an Illinois bank; and respondent, United Air Lines, Inc., is a Delaware corporation doing business in Illinois. Since the jurisdictional amount and diversity of citizenship requirements have been met, the case is properly triable under 28 U. S. C. ? 1332 unless ch. 70, ? 2 of the Illinois Revised Statutes bars the action. This Illinois law provides: