Legal Opinion
Siloam Springs Hotel, L.L.C. v. Century Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2015No. 14-6119PublishedCited by 560 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case requires that we decide how to determine the citizenship, for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, of a limited liability company (“LLC”). Like every other circuit to consider this question, this court concludes an LLC, as an unincorporated association, takes the citizenship of all its members. See Zambelli Fireworks Mfg. Co. v. Wood, 592 F.3d 412, 419-20 (3d Cir.2010) (citing cases from eight circuits for the proposition that “every federal court of appeals to address the question has concluded that a limited liability company, as an…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Carden v. Arkoma AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P.Supreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co. v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by560 opinions
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- De La Rosa v. Reliable, Inc.District Court, D. New Mexico · 2015
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