Rose v. Giamatti

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

721 F. Supp. 906 (S.D. Ohio 1989)

Relevant factsFree

Pete Rose (plaintiff), a Cincinnati Reds (defendant) field manager, faced a disciplinary hearing before baseball commissioner Bartlett Giamatti (defendant) over gambling allegations. Rose sued Giamatti, Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Reds in Ohio state court to block the hearing; Giamatti removed the case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction, and Rose moved to remand, arguing that because Rose, MLB, and the Reds were all Ohio citizens, complete diversity was missing.

IssueFree

Whether a district court should consider the citizenship of parties who are not real parties to the controversy for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.

Holding & reasoning

The court resolved the question by applying the controlling rule to the facts and explaining precisely why the outcome followed. Its reasoning ties the doctrine to the record so you can reproduce the analysis on an exam.

Procedural history, concurrence & dissent

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