Legal Opinion
Purchasing Power, LLC v. Bluestem Brands, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2017No. 16-11896PublishedCited by 292 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
This case demonstrates the difficulty of applying established diversity jurisdiction principles to 21st-century business organizations. When determining citizenship of the parties for diversity jurisdiction purposes, a limited liability company (LLC) is a citizen of every state that any member is- a citizen of. And it is common for an LLC to be a member of another LLC. Consequently, citizenship of LLCs often' ends up looking like a factor tree that exponentially expands every time a member turns out to be another LLC, thereby restarting the process of identifying the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by292 opinions
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