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Diversity of Citizenship: Who is a Citizen of a State?

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By force of the Fourteenth Amendment, a citizen of the United States residing in a state of the Union becomes a citizen of that state. A citizen of the several States domicile in an individual state becomes by Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1, a citizen of that state.

Therefore, a citizen of the United States and a citizen of the several States, being citizens of a State, can under the Constitution of the United States, at Article III, Section 2, Clause 7 (Citizens of different States), sue one another if they are a citizen of a different State of the Union.


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Published In: Constitutional Law Updates

DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.

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