Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 6, 2009
State of Confusion
The rules of diversity jurisdiction and corporate citizenship are complicated, especially when litigating in California federal courts, write Joanne Caruso and Carolyn Woodson.
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By Joanne Caruso and Carolyn Woodson In law school, we were all taught a deceptively simple rule for purposes of determining whether diversity jurisdiction exists: A corporation has dual citizenship and is a citizen of both the state of its incorporation and the state of its principal place of business. But the rules of diversity jurisdiction and corporate citizenship are, in fact, not that simple, especially when litigating in Calif...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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