No. 19-219

Joan Demarest v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: citizenship citizenship-determination court-jurisdiction diversity diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-removal mortgage-investment-trust real-estate-investment-trust real-estate-trust removal trustee
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a mortgage investment trust removes a case from federal court based on diversity, is its citizenship determined by the citizenship of each of its members, or by the citizenship of its trustee?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED In Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, 136 S.Ct. 1012 (2016), this Court ruled that, for diversity, a real estate investment trust was a citizen of the states for each of its members. This petition raises a related issue: When a mortgage investment trust removes a case from federal court based on diversity, is its citizenship determined by the citizenship of each of its members, or by the citizenship of its trustee?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-04
Waiver of right of respondents HSBC Bank USA, N.A,, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2019)
PetitionAppendixProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count

Attorneys

HSBC Bank USA, N.A,, et al.
Eric Donald Houser — Houser & Allison, APC, Respondent
Eric Donald Houser — Houser & Allison, APC, Respondent
Joan Demarest
David Glenn Baker — Law Office of David Glenn Baker, Petitioner
David Glenn Baker — Law Office of David Glenn Baker, Petitioner