Legal Opinion
Avant Capital Partners, LLC v. W108 Dev. LLC
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided June 30, 2016No. 16 Civ. 3359 (LLS)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOUIS L. STANTON, U.S.D.J.
This memorandum addresses points which are somewhat esoteric, but important because they affect the presence or absence of diversity jurisdiction: the difference between "citizens" and "residents." Diversity jurisdiction depends on different citizenship, and on the citizenship of each member of a limited liability company.
Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution gives the federal courts jurisdiction to controversies "between Citizens of different States" (not residents), a distinction which is echoed in 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1) granting district courts original…
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