To Plead or Not to Plead Citizenship? That Is the Question (Among Others) for Limited Liability Companies Asserting Diversity Jurisdiction
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22
Jurisdiction always matters. Of course, litigants and the courts tend to focus on the merits. After all, the merits, not rote jurisdictional analyses, are what a lawsuit is all about. But parties cannot ignore basic jurisdictional principles in the hope that courts will. As recent decisions make clear, they won’t. Thus, like wide receivers, attorneys and their clients must see the jurisdictional ball into their hands before turning downfield to score on the merits....
By: Butler Snow LLP