Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) Supreme Court 121 U.S. 637 142 U.S. 18 232 U.S. 508, 534 271 U.S. 99, 102-103 358 U.S. 625, 628-679 365 U.S. 731, 742 513 U.S. 527, 532-534 523 U.S. 83, 93-102 Circuit Courts 146 F. 509, 512-513 211 F. 294 224 F. 908, 910-911 7 F.2d 579 46 F.2d 399, 404 157 F.2d 609, 610-611 397 F.2d 22, 23 476 F.2d 835, 837 517 F.2d 1054 623 F.2d 1251, 1253 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 709 F.2d 169 741 F.2d 1332, 1334 752 F.2d 168, 171-172 791 F.2d 43 800 F.2d 1553, 1557 838 F.2d 63 845 F.2d 347 845 F.2d 1307 867 F.2d 1318 868 F.2d 614, 617 912 F.2d 1355 914 F.2d 183, 185-186 984 F.2d 289 39 F.3d 1151, 1153-1154 106 F.3d 155, 160 154 F.3d 1284, 1287 224 F.3d 1269, 1272-1273 256 F.3d 1241, 1245-1248 292 F.3d 712, 717 331 F.3d 1294, 1298 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) 145 F. Supp. 2d 1337, 1342 243 F. Supp. 2d 1313, 1318 328 F. Supp. 2d 119, 122 863 F. Supp. 159, 162