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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

PRECOAT METALS CORP., )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:14cv972-MHT

) (WO)

SOUTHEASTERN STUD & 

COMPONENTS, INC., et al.,

)

)

)

 Defendants. )

 

OPINION AND ORDER

The allegations of the plaintiff's complaint are 

insufficient to invoke this court's jurisdiction under 

28 U.S.C. § 1332. To invoke jurisdiction based on 

diversity, a complaint must distinctly and 

affirmatively allege each party's citizenship. 

McGovern v. American Airlines, Inc., 511 F. 2d 653, 654 

(5th Cir. 1975) (per curiam).* 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c) 

 



In Bonner v. Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th 

Cir. 1981) (en banc), the Eleventh Circuit Court of 

Appeals adopted as binding precedent all of the 

decisions of the former Fifth Circuit handed down prior 

to the close of business on September 30, 1981.

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provides that a corporation shall be deemed a citizen, 

first, of all States by which it has been incorporated 

and, second, of the State where it has its principal 

place of business. To invoke jurisdiction based on 

diversity in a case in which a corporation is a party, 

it is thus necessary to allege distinctly and 

affirmatively all the States by which the corporation 

has been incorporated and the State in which the 

corporation has its principal place of business. 

American Motorists Ins. Co. v. American Employers' Ins. 

Co., 600 F.2d 15, 16 and n.1 (5th Cir. 1979) (per 

curiam). The plaintiff's complaint fails to allege 

sufficiently the citizenship of corporate plaintiff 

Precoat Metals Corp.

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It is therefore the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of 

the court that the plaintiff has until November 7, 

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2014, to amend the complaint to allege § 1332 

jurisdiction sufficiently, see 28 U.S.C. § 1653; 

otherwise, this cause shall be dismissed without 

prejudice.

DONE, this the 27th day of October, 2014.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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