Volume 78
Public Law 88–439
To amend subsection (c) of section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, relating to diversity of citizenship.
Approved August 14, 1964
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend subsection (c) of section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, relating to diversity of citizenship.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That subsection (c)
District courts.
Diversity jurisdiction.
of section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(c) For the purposes of this section and section 1441 of this title,
a corporation shall be deemed a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business: Provided further, That in any direct, action against the insurer of a policy or contract of liability insurance, whether incorporated or unincorporated, to which action the insured is not joined as a party-defendant, such insurer shall be deemed a citizen of the State of which the insured is a citizen, as well as of any State by which the insurer has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business.”
Sec. 2.
The amendment made by this Act to section 1332(c), title 28, United States Code, applies only to causes of action arising after the date of enactment of this Act.
Approved August 14, 1964.