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Frederick Griffin v. Calvin Matthews and Willie Drake

Frederick GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. Calvin MATTHEWS and Willie Drake, Appellees

Griffin v. Matthews, 423 F.2d 272 (4th Cir. 1970)
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Court
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · U.S. Courts of Appeals
Decided
March 6, 1970
Docket
No. 13843
Judges
Boreman, Winter, Butzner
Citations
423 F.2d 2721970 U.S. App. LEXIS 10406
Cited by 13 1 descriptions by later courtsOriginal from court

Opinion — Per Curiam

PER CURIAM:

The district court found that there was no diversity of citizenship as between the plaintiff and the defendants, that the court was without jurisdiction, and that the complaint must be dismissed.

We affirm on the written memorandum order or decision of the district court and for the reasons therein assigned.

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Affirmed.

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. 310 F.Supp. 341 (M.D.N.C.1969).

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1972: 11973: 11979: 21980: 11981: 11983: 11984: 11986: 11996: 12015: 12016: 12025: 119722026peak 1979 · 2

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  2. Gemini Enterprises, Inc. v. WFMY Television Corp.470 F. Supp. 559 (M.D.N.C. 1979)
  3. Estelle W. Sligh v. John Doe596 F.2d 1169 (4th Cir. 1979)
  4. Webb v. Nolan361 F. Supp. 418 (M.D.N.C. 1972)
  5. Bloom v. Library Corp.112 F. Supp. 3d 498 (N.D.W. Va. 2015)
  6. Linville v. Price572 F. Supp. 345 (S.D.W. Va 1983)

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