Thursday, May 1, 2008
Alien Corporations
For purposes of 28 U.S.C. s1332, what is the citizenship of a corporation that is incorporated domestically and that has its principal place of business abroad? Yesterday, the Seventh Circuit correctly concluded that such a corporation is only a citizen of its state of incorporation; a foreign principal place of business is irrelevant. The Seventh Circuit's conclusion is consistent with the one I reached in Consistent Deeming: A Cohesive Construction of 28 U.S.C. s1332 in Cases Involving International Corporations and Permanent-Resident Aliens.
--RR
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MDL Transfer After Section 1404 Denial
If a trial court denies a party's section 1404 venue-transfer motion, should that ruling preclude the Judicial MDL panel from transferring under section 1407? Beck and Herrmann discussed the issue Wednesday. --RR
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
D.C. Circuit Joins the Twombly Fray
Prof. Scott Dodson has written for us before on Twombly (and other subjects). He has this to say about a recent D.C. Circuit case:
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Justice Scalia and 60 Minutes
Last night, 60 Minutes broadcast its interview with Justice Scalia. You can read a short piece on the interview and watch about thirty minutes of interview footage here. Below is a transcript of a portion of Lesley Stahl's introduction.--Counseller
Not many Supreme Court justices become famous, but Antonin Scalia is one of the few. Known as "Nino" to his friends and colleagues, he is one of the most brilliant and combative justices ever to sit on the court and one of the most prominent legal thinkers of his generation.
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