The original reason for providing diversity of citizenship jurisdiction to federal courts was to prevent state court bias against nonresidents.

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Diversity of citizenship jurisdiction allows a party from one state to sue a party from another state in federal court, thus avoiding potential bias in state courts where one party may be a nonresident. This was the original purpose of providing this jurisdiction.

The Original Reason for Providing Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction to Federal