Capron v. Van Noorden

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

|Litigants=Capron v. Van Noorden

|DecideDate=March 5

|DecideYear=1804

|FullName=Capron v. Van Noorden

|USVol=6

|USPage=126

|ParallelCitations=2 Cranch 126; 2 L. Ed. 229; 1804 U.S. LEXIS 253

|Prior=Error to the Circuit Court of North Carolina

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|Holding=A plaintiff is allowed to dismiss a case that he had lost at trial because of a lack of diversity jurisdiction, leaving the plaintiff free to bring the case again.

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Capron v. Van Noorden, 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 126 (1804), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court allowed a plaintiff to dismiss a case that he had lost at trial because of a lack of diversity jurisdiction, leaving the plaintiff free to bring the case again in North Carolina.{{Citation |last=Yeazell |first=S. C. |title=Civil Procedure |edition=Seventh |publisher=Aspen Publishers |location=New York |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/civilprocedure0007yeaz/page/218 218] |isbn=978-0-7355-6925-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/civilprocedure0007yeaz/page/218 }}.

Capron sued Van Noorden for negligently injuring him.

The plaintiff Capron argued that the federal court wasn't the proper court to hear the case. This argument ensued the decision of the federal court in favor of the defendant Van Noorden.