Legal Opinion
Hertz Corp. v. Friend
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 2010No. 08-1107PublishedCited by 2,874 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The federal diversity jurisdiction statute provides that “a corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business.” 28 U. S. C. § 1332(c)(1) (emphasis added). We seek here to resolve different interpretations that the Circuits have given this phrase. In doing so, we place primary weight upon the need for judicial administration of a jurisdictional statute to remain as simple as possible. And we conclude that the phrase “principal place of business” refers to the place where the corporation’s…
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