A recent unanimous opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court authored by Justice Breyer clarifies where corporations reside for purposes of diversity jurisdiction in Federal Courts. On February 23, 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Hertz v. Friend, et al., No. 2008-1107, and identified a corporation’s place of residence wherever the “nerve center” of the corporation is located.
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