Sixth Circuit Joins Others in Holding 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2) Limited to Suits with Aliens on One Side, State Citizens on the Other

The Sixth Circuit released an opinion in which it joined numerous other circuits in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2) does not grant jurisdiction over a case in which there are foreign and domestic plaintiffs against a foreign defendant. 

We join our sister circuits that have held the presence of foreign parties on both sides of the dispute destroys the complete diversity required by § 1332(a)(2).

The whole opinion can be found here.

--Counseller/jtf