Legal Opinion
Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 7, 2016No. 14-1382PublishedCited by 436 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
Federal law permits federal courts to resolve certain nonfederal controversies between "citizens" of different States. This rule is easy enough to apply to humans, but can become metaphysical when applied to legal entities. This case asks how to determine the citizenship of a "real estate investment trust," an inanimate creature of Maryland law. We answer: While humans and corporations can assert their own citizenship, other entities take the citizenship of their members.
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This action began as a typical state-law controversy, one involving a contract dispute and an underground food-storage…
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