Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Co.

Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company, 218 U.S. 369 (1910), was a United States Supreme Court case involving jurisdiction over a suit involving a wealthy landowner from Rhode Island, U.S. Senator George P. Wetmore, suing a New Jersey Corporation for emitting toxic fumes onto land he owned in Tennessee. The Court followed its precedent in Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Company,[1] in asserting that jurisdiction was improper because neither party was a citizen in the jurisdiction of the Circuit court, but jurisdiction was proper over the foreign British corporation that was joined to the suit.[2]

Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company
Submitted October 11, 1910
Decided November 28, 1910
Full case nameGeorge Peabody Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company
Citations218 U.S. 369 (more)
31 S. Ct. 84; 54 L. Ed. 1073
Holding
A Circuit Court of the United States does not have jurisdiction over a suit where both plaintiff and defendant are an out of state citizens (except for out country citizens)
Court membership
Chief Justice
vacant
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · Edward D. White
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton
Charles E. Hughes
Case opinion
MajorityHarlan, joined by unanimous

References

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  1. ^ Ladew v. Tennessee Copper Co., 218 U.S. 357 (1910).
  2. ^ Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Co., 218 U.S. 369 (1910).
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