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2012DanGoodman ThereisacitizenofaStatewhoisnotacitizenoftheUnitedStates: WecometothecontentionthatthecitizenshipofEdwardswasnotaverredin thecomplaintorshownbytherecord,andhencejurisdictiondidnotappear. Inansweringthequestion,whethertheCircuitCourthadjurisdictionofthe controversy,wemustputourselvesintheplaceoftheCircuitCourtofAppeals,and decidethequestionwithreferencetothetranscriptofrecordinthatcourt. HadthetranscriptshownnothingmoreastothestatusofEdwardsthanthe avermentofthecomplaintthathewasaresidentoftheStateofDelaware,assuch anavermentwouldnotnecessarilyhaveimportedthatEdwardswasacitizenof Delaware,anegativeanswerwouldhavebeenimpelledbypriordecisions.Mexican CentralRy.Co.v.Duthie,189U.S.76;Hornev.GeorgeH.HammondCo.,155U.S.393; Dennyv.Pironi,141U.S.121;Robertsonv.Cease,97U.S.646.Thewholerecord, however,maybelookedto,forthepurposeofcuringadefectiveavermentof citizenship,wherejurisdictioninaFederalcourtisassertedtodependupon diversityofcitizenship,andiftherequisitecitizenship,isanywhereexpressly averredintherecord,orfactsarethereinstatedwhichinlegalintendment constitutesuchallegation,thatissufficient.Hornev.GeorgeH.HammondCo.,supra andcasescited. Asthisisanactionatlaw,weareboundtoassumethatthetestimonyofthe plaintiffcontainedinthecertificateoftheCircuitCourtofAppeals,andrecitedto havebeengivenonthetrial,waspreservedinabillofexceptions,whichformed partofthetranscriptofrecordfiledintheCircuitCourtofAppeals.Beingapartof therecord,andpropertoberesortedtoinsettlingaquestionofthecharacterof thatnowunderconsideration,Robertsonv.Cease,97U.S.648,wecometoascertain whatisestablishedbytheuncontradictedevidencereferredto. Inthefirstplace,itshowsthatEdwards,priortohisemploymentontheNew YorkSunandtheNewHavenPalladium,waslegallydomiciledintheStateof 1
Delaware.Next,itdemonstratesthathehadnointentiontoabandonsuchdomicil, forhetestifiedunderoathasfollows:OneofthereasonsIlefttheNewHaven Palladiumwas,itwastoofarawayfromhome.IlivedinDelaware,andIhadtogo backandforth.MyfamilyareoverinDelaware.Now,itiselementarythat,toeffect achangeofoneslegaldomicil,twothingsareindispensable:First,residenceina newdomicil,and,second,theintentiontoremainthere.Thechangecannotbe made,exceptfactoetanimo.Botharealikenecessary.Eitherwithouttheotheris insufficient.Mereabsencefromafixedhome,howeverlongcontinued,cannotwork thechange.Mitchellv.UnitedStates,21Wall.350. AsDelawaremust,then,beheldtohavebeenthelegaldomicilofEdwardsatthe timehecommencedthisaction,haditappearedthathewasacitizenofthe UnitedStates,itwouldhaveresulted,byoperationoftheFourteenth Amendment,thatEdwardswasalsoacitizenoftheStateofDelaware.Anderson v.Watt,138U.S.694.Bethisasitmay,however,Delawarebeingthelegaldomicilof Edwards,itwasimpossibleforhimtohavebeenacitizenofanotherState,District, orTerritory,andhemustthenhavebeeneitheracitizenofDelawareoracitizen orsubjectofaforeignState.Ineitherofthesecontingencies,theCircuitCourt wouldhavehadjurisdictionoverthecontroversy.But,inthelightofthetestimony, wearesatisfiedthattheavermentinthecomplaint,thatEdwardswasaresidentof theStateofDelaware,wasintendedtomean,and,reasonablyconstrued,mustbe interpretedasaverring,thattheplaintiffwasacitizenoftheStateofDelaware. Jonesv.Andrews,10Wall.327,331;ExpressCompanyv.Kountze,8Wall.342.Sun Printing&PublishingAssociationv.Edwards:194U.S.377,at381thru383(1904).
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Also: TheactwasconsideredinJohnsonv.UnitedStates,160U.S.546,andwethere heldthatapersonwhowasnotacitizenoftheUnitedStatesatthetimeofan allegedappropriationofhispropertybyatribeofIndianswasnotentitledto maintainanactionintheCourtofClaimsundertheactinquestion.Therewasnot inthatcase,however,anyassertionthattheclaimantwasacitizenofaStateas distinguishedfromacitizenoftheUnitedStates....[U]ndoubtedlyinapurely technicalandabstractsensecitizenshipofoneoftheStatesmaynotinclude citizenshipoftheUnitedStates...Unquestionably,inthegeneralandcommon acceptation,acitizenoftheStateisconsideredassynonymouswithcitizenofthe UnitedStates,andtheoneisthereforetreatedasexpressiveoftheother.This flowsfromthefactthattheoneisnormallyandusuallytheother,andwhere suchisnotthecase,itispurelyexceptionalanduncommon.UnitedStatesv. NorthwesternExpress,Stage&TransportationCompany:164U.S.686,688(1897).
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Anotherobjectiontotheactisthatitisinviolationofsection2,art.4,ofthe constitutionoftheUnitedStates,andofthefourteenthamendment,inthatthisact discriminatesbothastopersonsandproducts.Section2,art.4,declaresthatthe citizensofeachstateshallbeentitledtoalltheprivilegesandimmunitiesofthe citizensoftheseveralstates;andthefourteenthamendmentdeclaresthatnostate shallmakeorenforceanylawwhichshallabridgetheprivilegesandimmunitiesof citizensoftheUnitedStates.Butwehaveseenthatthesupremecourt,inCrowleyv. Christensen,137U.S.91,11Sup.Ct.Rep.15,hasdeclaredthatthereisnoinherent rightinacitizentosellintoxicatingliquorsbyretail.Itisnotaprivilegeofacitizen ofastateorofacitizenoftheUnitedStates.Cantiniv.Tillman:54Fed.Rep.969, at973(1893).
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AcitizenoftheUnitedStatescanbecomealsoacitizenofaState,underSection1, Clause1oftheFourteenthAmendment.AcitizenoftheUnitedStatesisthena citizenoftheUnitedStatesANDacitizenofaState: Thequestionispresentedinthiscase,whether,sincetheadoptionofthe fourteenthamendment,awoman,whoisacitizenoftheUnitedStatesANDtheState ofMissouri,isavoterinthatState,notwithstandingtheprovisionoftheconstitution andlawsoftheState,whichconfinetherightofsuffragetomenalone.... Thereisnodoubtthatwomenmaybecitizens.Theyarepersons,andbythe fourteenthamendmentallpersonsbornornaturalizedintheUnitedStatesand subjecttothejurisdictionthereofareexpresslydeclaredtobecitizensofthe UnitedStatesandoftheStatewhereintheyreside.Minorv.Happersett:88U.S. (21Wall.)162,at165(1874).
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SincetheratificationoftheFourteenthAmendmentandtheSlaughterhouseCases, acitizenofaState,isstillacitizenofaState,ormoreappropriatelyacitizenofa StatewhoisnotacitizenoftheUnitedStates.Thiscanbeseenintheareaof diversityofcitizenship. Ageneralruleforremovalinadiversityofcitizenshipcaseisthattheproper citizenshipmustexistbothwhentheactioniscommencedatthestateleveland whenthepetitionforremovalisfiledatthefederallevel.Someauthority: InGibsonv.Bruce,108U.S.561,itwasdecidedthatundertheactofMarch3d, 1875,c.137,asuitcouldnotberemovedonthegroundofcitizenshipunlessthe requisitecitizenshipexistedbothwhenthesuitwasbegunandwhenthepetitionfor removalwasfiled.Houston&TexasCentralRailroadCompany&Othersv.Shirley: 111U.S.358,at360(1884).
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Theprovisionsofthatactarereproducedinthethirdsubdivisionofsection639 oftheRevisedStatutes,anditwasandisessential,inordertosuchremoval,where thereareseveralplaintiffsorseveraldefendants,thatallthenecessarypartieson onesidemustbecitizensoftheStatewherethesuitisbrought,andallontheother sidemustbecitizensofanotherStateorStates,andthepropercitizenshipmust existwhentheactioniscommencedaswellaswhenthepetitionforremovalisfiled. SewingMachineCases,18Wall.553;Vannevarv.Bryant,21Wall.41;BibleSocietyv. Grove,101U.S.610;CambriaIronCompanyv.Ashburn,118U.S.54;Hancockv. Holbrook,119U.S.586;Fletcherv.Hamlet,116U.S.408.Youngv.Parkers Administrator:132U.S.267,at270thru271(1889).
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AcitizenofaState(whoisnotacitizenoftheUnitedStates)canbeseeninthe followingcaseofBibleSocietyv.Grove(101U.S.610): Thiswasasuitbegunonthe6thofMarch,1868[Footnote1],inaStatecourt, byapartoftheheirsatlawofJacobE.Grove,tosetasidehiswill.Thedefendants weretheexecutorsofthewill,thelegateesordevisees,andsomeoftheheirs.The casewastriedfourtimesintheStatecourt,andthevenuewaschangedtwice.At threeofthetrialsthejurydisagreed.Attheotheraverdictwasgivenforthe plaintiffs,whichthecourtsetaside.ThelasttrialcommencedApril14,1875,atthe JanuaryadjournedtermoftheCircuitCourtofMaconCounty,Missouri,andresulted inadisagreementofthejury.Atthenextterm,beginningonthethirdMondayin May,thecausewascontinued. Onthe21stofSeptember,1875,theAmericanBibleSociety,oneofthe defendantsinthesuit,aNewYorkcorporation,andalegateeunderthewill,filedits petitionfortheremovalofthecausetotheCircuitCourtoftheUnitedStates.The groundofremovalisthusstatedinthepetition: ThatsaidJohnA.Groveandothers,plaintiffsasaforesaid,areresidentsand citizensoftheStateofOhio[Footnote2],andotherStatesotherthantheStateof NewYork;thatnoneofsaidplaintiffsresideinorarecitizensoftheStateofNew York;thatsaidcontroversyiswhollybetweencitizensofdifferentStates,andcanbe fullydeterminedasbetweenthem;thatpetitionerisactuallyinterestedinsaid controversy(beingtheonlypartywhoseinterestsplaintiffsprofesstodesireto affectinsaidcontroversy);thattheamountinvolvedinsaidcontroversyexceeds $5,000.Petitionerfurtherstatesthatithasreasontobelieve,anddoesbelieve,that fromprejudiceandlocalinfluenceitwillnotbeabletoobtainjusticeinsaidCircuit CourtofMaconCountyaforesaid.Accompanyingthepetitionwasthenecessary bond,andanaffidavitoftheattorneyofthepetitioner,statinghisbeliefofthefacts setforth,andthatfromlocalinfluenceandprejudicethepetitionerwouldnotbe abletoobtainjusticeintheStatecourt.Itnowhereappearsfromthepetitionorthe recordthateitheroftheplaintiffswasacitizenofMissouri.BibleSocietyv.Grove: 101U.S.610,at610thru611(1879).
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ThecommencementofthiscasewasonMarch6,1868;beforetheratificationof theFourteenthAmendment.CitizenshipoftheUnitedStatesdidnotexist separatelyfromcitizenshipofaState.OnewhowasacitizenofaState,under ArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution,wasalsoacitizenoftheUnited States(forpurposesofinternationallaw[Footnote3])entitledtoprivilegesand immunitiesofcitizensintheseveralStates.OnSeptember21,1875;afterthe adoptionoftheFourteenthAmendment,thepetitionforremovalwasfiled.The FourteenthAmendmentaccordingtotheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates,inthe SlaughterhouseCases,changedcitizenshipundertheConstitution.Citizenshipofa Statewasnowtobeconsideredasseparateanddistinctfromcitizenshipofthe UnitedStates.AcitizenofaStatewastobeconsideredasseparateanddistinctfrom acitizenoftheUnitedStates: OftheprivilegesandimmunitiesofthecitizenoftheUnitedStates,andof theprivilegesandimmunitiesofthecitizenoftheState,andwhattheyrespective are,wewillpresentlyconsider;butwewishtostateherethatitisonlytheformer whichareplacedbythisclause(Section1,Clause2oftheFourteenthAmendment) undertheprotectionoftheFederalConstitution,andthatthelatter,whateverthey maybe,arenotintendedtohaveanyadditionalprotectionbythisparagraphofthe amendment.SlaughterhouseCases:83U.S.(16Wall.)36,at74(1873).[Footnote 4],[Footnote5]
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2.Plaintiffsinthiscase,inthepetitionforremovalonSeptember21,1875,areaverredto ascitizensofaState,notcitizensoftheUnitedStatesandaState: ThebillfiledintheCircuitCourtbytheplaintiff,McQuesten,allegedhertobe acitizenoftheUnitedStatesandoftheStateofMassachusetts,andresidingat TurnerFallsinsaidState,whilethedefendantsSteiglederandwifewerealleged tobecitizensoftheStateofWashington,andresidingatthecityofSeattleinsaid State.StatementoftheCase,Steigleiderv.McQuesten:198U.S.141(1905). TheavermentinthebillthatthepartieswerecitizensofdifferentStates wassufficienttomakeaprimafaciecaseofjurisdictionsofarasitdependedon citizenship.Opinion,Steigleiderv.McQuesten:198U.S.141,at142(1905).
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3.Theintercourseofthiscountrywithforeignnationsanditspolicyinregardto them,areplacedbytheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesinthehandsofthe government,anditsdecisionsuponthesesubjectsareobligatoryuponeverycitizen oftheUnion.Heisboundtobeatwarwiththenationagainstwhichthewar makingpowerhasdeclaredwar,andequallyboundtocommitnoactofhostility againstanationwithwhichthegovernmentisinamityandfriendship.This principleisuniversallyacknowledgedbythelawsofnations.Itliesatthe foundationofallgovernment,astherecouldbenosocialorderorpeacefulrelations betweenthecitizensofdifferentcountrieswithoutit.Itis,however,more emphaticallytrueinrelationtocitizensoftheUnitedStates.Forasthesovereignty residesinthepeople,everycitizenisaportionofit,andishimselfpersonallybound bythelawswhichtherepresentativesofthesovereigntymaypass,orthetreaties intowhichtheymayenter,withinthescopeoftheirdelegatedauthority.Andwhen thatauthorityhasplighteditsfaithtoanothernationthatthereshallbepeaceand friendshipbetweenthecitizensofthetwocountries,everycitizenoftheUnited Statesisequallyandpersonallypledged.Thecompactismadebythedepartmentof thegovernmentuponwhichhehimselfhasagreedtoconferthepower.Itishisown personalcompactasaportionofthesovereigntyinwhosebehalfitismade.Andhe candonoact,norenterintoanyagreementtopromoteorencouragerevoltor hostilitiesagainsttheterritoriesofacountrywithwhichourgovernmentispledged bytreatytobeatpeace,withoutabreachofhisdutyasacitizenandthebreachof thefaithpledgedtotheforeignnation.Kennettv.Chambers:55U.S.(Howard14) 38,49thru50(1852). 4.And: ...Itis,then,totheFourteenthAmendmentthattheadvocatesofthe 8
congressionalactmustresorttofindauthorityforitsenactment,andtothefirst sectionofthatamendment,whichisasfollows:Allpersonsbornornaturalizedin theUnitedStates,andsubjecttothejurisdictionthereof,arecitizensoftheUnited States,andoftheStatewhereintheyreside.NoStateshallmakeorenforceanylaw whichshallabridgetheprivilegesorimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates,nor shallanyStatedepriveanypersonoflife,liberty,orproperty,withoutdueprocess oflaw,nordenytoanypersonwithinitsjurisdictiontheequalprotectionofthe laws. Inthefirstclauseofthissection,declaringwhoarecitizensoftheUnitedStates, thereisnothingwhichtouchesthesubjectunderconsideration.Thesecondclause, declaringthatnoStateshallmakeorenforceanylawwhichwillabridgethe privilegesorimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates,islimited,accordingto thedecisionofthiscourtinSlaughterHouseCases,tosuchprivilegesand immunitiesasbelongtocitizensoftheUnitedStates,asdistinguishedfrom thoseofcitizensoftheState.Nealv.StateofDelaware:103U.S.370,at406 (1880).
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