Legal Opinion
3123 Smb LLC v. Steven Horn
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 17, 2018No. 16-55304PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:
For purposes of determining diversity jurisdiction, “a corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen of every State ... *463by which it has been incorporated and of the State .,. where it has'- its principal place of business.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)(1). While a .corporation’s state of incorporation can be determined- with ease, its principal place of business often proves elusive. To simplify the jurisdictional inquiry, the Supreme Court has defined “principal place of business” to mean “the place where the corporation’s high level officers direct, control, and coordinate…
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