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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK v. TRAFFIC STREAM (BVI) (27015)
Order dated: 01/04/02Docket number: 01-651
Action:
The motion of Government of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK v. TRAFFIC STREAM (BVI) (27015)
Order dated: 04/01/02Docket number: 01-651
Action:
The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
Did the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit err when it held, contrary to the holdings of the Third, Fourth and Seventh Circuits, that citizens of the British Virgin Islands, were not citizens or subjects of a foreign state for the purposes of alienage jurisdiction and thus could not maintain an action in Federal Court under 28 U.S.C. 1332(a)(2)?
An opinion has been handed down: