Legal Opinion
Ferrell v. Express Check Advance of SC LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2010No. 09-2401PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge AGEE joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we hold that, for purposes of determining subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fair ness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (codified in scattered sections of Title 28, United States Code), a limited liability company is an “unincorporated association” as that term is used in 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(10) and therefore is a citizen of the State under whose laws it is organized and the State where it has its…
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- United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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