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cited Cited as authority (rule) District of Columbia v. 2626 Naylor Road, S.E.
D.D.C. · 2011 · confidence medium
Mann v. District of Columbia, 742 F.2d 750, 751 (3rd Cir.1984).
cited Cited as authority (rule) District of Columbia v. All of Parcel of Land Identified in the District of Columbia as 2626 Naylor Road, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 square/lot 5633/0801
D.D.C. · 2011 · confidence medium
Mann v. District of Columbia, 742 F.2d 750, 751 (3rd Cir. 1984).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Brown v. Francis
3rd Cir. · 1996 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. Mann v. District of Columbia, 742 F.2d 750, 752 (3d Cir. 1984) (concluding that District of Columbia did not qualify as a citizen for purposes of diversity of citizenship jurisdiction because § 1332(d) specified that the District of Columbia (like the.territory of the Virgin Islands) was to be construed as a "state" for purposes of the diversity statute).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Barry Brown Jolie Stahl, as They Are Trustees of the Long Bay Trust v. Leo Francis, as He is the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works Delma G. Hodge, as She is the Commissioner of the Department of Property and Procurement of the Government of the Virgin Islands Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States of America (d.c. No. 92-Cv-00081). Government of the Virgin Islands v. 0.459 Acres of Land Consisting of Following: Parcel No. 6a Estate Thomas Kings Quarter and Parcel No. 9a Estate Thomas, Virgin Islands Long Bay Trust (d.c. No. 93-Cv-00059), Leo Francis, as He is the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works Delma G. Hodge, as She is the Commissioner of the Government of the Virgin Islands Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States of America
3rd Cir. · 1996 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. Mann v. District of Columbia, 742 F.2d 750, 751 (3d Cir.1984) (concluding that District of Columbia did not qualify as a citizen for purposes of diversity of citizenship jurisdiction because § 1332(d) specified that the District of Columbia (like the territory of the Virgin Islands) was to be construed as a "state" for purposes of the diversity statute). 34 Therefore, the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the eminent domain case and the case was improvidently removed from the Territorial Court. 4 35 B.
cited Cited "see, e.g." District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
D.D.C. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
Smith, Inc., of Virginia, 474 F.Supp. 894 (D.D.C.1979); see also Mann v. District of Columbia, 742 F.2d 750 (3d Cir.1984).
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Gerald D. MANN, Nancy L. Mann, Appellees,
v.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a Government, Appellant
83-5677.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Jul 27, 1984.
742 F.2d 750
Lutz Alexander Prager, Charles L. Reischel, Washington, D.C., for appellant., J. Kerrington Lewis, Lewis & Stockey, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.
Weis, Becker, Ackerman.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an unopposed interlocutory appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying a motion by the defendant, the District of Columbia, to waive local rules 1(e) and 1(f), which require participation by local counsel in proceedings before that court and in the submission of pleadings. A prior panel of this[*751] court has determined that we have appellate jurisdiction over this order under Cohen v. Beneficial Finance Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949).

We decline to decide the validity of the challenged rules, for it is patent that the federal courts have no statutory (and possibly constitutional) subject matter jurisdiction over this personal injury case. The only conceivable basis of subject matter jurisdiction is diversity of citizenship. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1982). But, as Judge Richey has carefully observed in an opinion with which we agree entirely, the District of Columbia is not a citizen of a state for purposes of that section. See District of Columbia v. L.B. Smith, Inc., 474 F.Supp. 894 (D.D.C.1979). Accordingly, we remand this case and direct the district court to dismiss the action for want of subject matter jurisdiction.

Costs taxed against appellees.