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WILSON, Circuit Judge: This case demonstrates the difficulty of applying established diversity jurisdiction principles to 21st-century business organizations. When determining citizenship of the parties for diversity jurisdiction purposes, a limited liability company (LLC) is a citizen of every state that any member is- a citizen of. And it is common for an LLC to be a member

179 P.3d 633 (2008) 344 Or. 196 MID-CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent on Review, v. Elijah PERKINS, Petitioner on Review. Dennis W. Phillips, Petitioner on Review, v. Safeco Insurance Company of Oregon, Respondent on Review. (CC 04-1834-E7; CA A127522; SC S054652, CC 0504-03584; CA A130265; SC S054660). Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc. A

958 F.Supp. 248 (1997) Melinda M. NEWTON, Plaintiff, v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY CONSOLIDATED, First-In Temporaries, Inc., and Reggie Patton, Individually, Defendants. No. 3:96CV331-MU. United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division. March 20, 1997. *249 Julie H. Fosbinder, Jenny L. Sharpe, Sharpe & F

129 Ill. App.3d 664 (1984) 472 N.E.2d 1194 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES CHARLES DANIS, a/k/a Randall Lee Langford, Defendant-Appellant. No. 2-83-1135. Illinois Appellate Court — Second District. Opinion filed December 28, 1984. G. Joseph Weller and John R. Wimmer, both of State Appellate Defender's Office,

MARCUS, Circuit Judge, specially concurring: I concur in Judge Birch’s thoughtful and thorough opinion but write separately to emphasize that, on this limited record, Suntrust has fallen well short of establishing a likelihood of success on its copyright infringement claim. I stress three points. First, the district court erred by finding that the critical or parodie element of The Wind Done Gone

504 S.E.2d 802 (1998) Anna Mae SHERRILL, Annetta C. White, Linda S. Mintz, Vernette Price, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION a/k/a Amerada Petroleum Corporation; Amoco Oil Company; BP Exploration & Oil Inc.; Citgo Petroleum Corporation; Colonial Pipe Line Company; Conoco, Inc. a/k/a Southern Facilities; Crown Central Petroleum Corporation; Exxon Corporation; Marathon Oil Compa

239 F.3d 456 (2nd Cir. 2001) MARK ABDU BRISSON, RONALD H. BUCHNER, GORDON BURGESS, ROBERT BURKE, THOMAS D. CALLAHAN, THOMAS F. CAREY, DALE E. CARMAN, LOUIS CARRARA, T. BARRY CASEY, LAMAR CASON, ROBERT T. CASSIDY, ROBERT CHANGERY, LARRY E. CHAPPEL, RICHARD CHARBONNEAU, STANLEY CHECKOWAY, DOUGLAS S. CHRISTENSEN, LEE J. CHURCH, JAMES CIRILLI, ROBERT CLACK, WALTER M. CLARK, PHILIP CLAUDY, HAROLD T. CLEAVER, CHARLES CLEMENTS, RICHARD T. CLOUGH, LAWRENCE

OPINION WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: Does a municipality’s bankruptcy plan of adjustment automatically discharge a judgment against individual officers for exces-sive force by operation of a California stat-ute generally requiring public entities to defend and indemnify their employees for actions within the scope of their employment?

ORDER TO SEVER JOYNER, United States Magistrate Judge. The Court heard oral argument on numerous pending motions to sever, stay, strike or dismiss third-party complaints filed by Plaintiffs and third-party Defendants. After considering the arguments of the parties, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the case law cited by the parties, the Court grants the motions to sever the third-party com

700 F.Supp.2d 119 (2010) In re PETITIONERS SEEKING HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF IN RELATION TO PRIOR DETENTIONS AT GUANTANAMO BAY. Misc. No. 08-0444 (TFH). Civil Action Nos. 02-cv-1130, 04-cv-1135, 04-cv-1144, 04-cv-1194, 04-cv-1227, 04-cv-1254, 05-cv-0023, 05-cv-0345, 05-cv-0490, 05-cv-0520, 05-cv-0526, 05-cv-0584, 05-cv-0586, 05-cv-0640, 05-cv-0714, 05-cv-0723, 05-cv-0764, 05-cv-0765, 05-cv-0878, 05-cv-0833, 05-cv-0887, 05-cv-0888, 05-cv-

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs are several hundred pilots who were employed by the now-defunct Pan American World Airways, Inc. (“Pan Am”). They were hired by Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement between the two airlines. The pilots filed an age discrimination action in New York State Supreme Court challenging three specific terms of their employment with Delta. Delta removed the case

136 F.Supp.2d 1357 (2001) SUNTRUST BANK, as Trustee of the Stephens Mitchell Trusts f/b/o Eugene Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell, Plaintiff, v. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, Defendant. CIV.A.No. 1:01-CV-701-CAP. United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division. April 20, 2001. *1358

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER THOMAS B. RUSSELL, Senior District Judge. This matter is before the Court upon the following motions: (1) Defendant Eric Howell’s motion for summary judgment, (DN 340), to which Plaintiffs have responded, (DN 376), and the Davis/Howell Defendants 1 have collectively replied, (DN 433).

FILED BY CLERK IN THE COURT OF APPEALS APR 20 2011 STATE OF ARIZONA DIVISION TWO COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION TWO CITY OF TUCSON, a municipal ) 2 CA-CV 2010-0083 corporation,

250 P.3d 251 (2011) CITY OF TUCSON, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. STATE of Arizona, Defendant/Appellee, and Southern Arizona Leadership Council and Senator Jonathan Paton, Defendant-Intervenors/Appellees. No. 2 CA-CV 2010-0083. Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A. April 20, 2011. *252 Mich

RANDALL, Circuit Judge: The Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (“CSF”) appeals the district court’s issuance of a preliminary injunction against CSF’s assessment of withdrawal liability against T.I.M.E.DC, Inc. (“TIME-DC”), 639 F.Supp. 1468. Finding that TIME-DC did not make a showing of irreparable injury sufficient to excuse its failure to exhaust administrative remedies, we reverse.

373 S.E.2d 328 (1988) William Jeffrey CANTRELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Record No. 0062-87-3. Court of Appeals of Virginia. October 18, 1988. John C. Lowe (Lowe & Jacobs, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellant. *329 Eugene Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee. Pre

761 F.Supp.2d 1007 (2011) ABARCA, Raul Valencia, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, Defendants. No. 1:07-CV-0388-OWW-DLB. United States District Court, E.D. California. January 5, 2011. *1011 Brett Lee Runyon, Heather Sharon Cohen, Michael Edward Lehman, Marderosian, Runyon, Cercone, Lehman & Armo, Fresno,

Because I believe the trial judge did not err in refusing to instruct the jury as requested by the defendant, I must respectfully dissent. Punishing a defendant for unintentionally causing the death of another while in the commission of a misdemeanor is not a new legal concept, in either a criminal case or a civil case. For example, in Pippin v. State,19 Ala. App. 384, 387, 97 So. 615<

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