Bingham v. Cabot (1798)

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Bingham v. Cabot
Argued February 13, 1798
Decided February 14, 1798
Full case nameBingham v. Cabot
Citations3 U.S. 382 (more)
3 Dall. 382; 1 L. Ed. 646
Holding
In diversity suits in federal courts, a party must allege appropriate citizenship and not simply residence.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth
Associate Justices
James Wilson · William Cushing
James Iredell · William Paterson
Samuel Chase

Bingham v. Cabot, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 382 (1798), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the Cabot family, a wealthy Yankee shipping family from New England. It was the second such case following the 1795 Bingham v. Cabot case. In the case the Court held that in diversity suits in federal courts, a party must allege appropriate citizenship and not simply residence, otherwise it may be stricken from the docket.[1]

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  1. ^ 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 382 (1798).

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