Legal Opinion
Brewer v. SmithKline Beacham Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 2011No. Civil Action 10-4443, 10-4446, 10-4444, 10-4445, 10-4448, 10-4447, 10-5198, 10-5199PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SAVAGE, District Judge.
Introduction
In ruling on the remand motions before us, we are confronted with an atypical factual scenario that requires us to apply the Supreme Court’s “nerve center” test enunciated in Hertz Corp. v. Friend, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 1181, 175 L.Ed.2d 1029 (2010), to determine the citizenship of a holding company that is the sole member of the defendant limited liability company. In doing so, we consider how a corporation’s status as a holding company factors into the jurisdictional calculus where the actual defendant is an operating limited liability…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hertz Corp. v. FriendSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co. v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Hoch v. Eli Lilly and Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 2010
3Cited by14 opinions
- Central West Virginia Energy Co. v. Mountain State Carbon, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2011
- Glenda Johnson v. SmithKline Beecham CorpCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
- A.S. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
- Jennings v. HCR Manorcare Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 2012
- Johnson v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2012
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