No. 21-983

Rhonda Meisner v. Zymogenetics, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure corporate-membership diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction incorporated-parent-company legal-ethics limited-liability-company procedural-standing standing
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does diversity jurisdiction exist when the sole member of a named Limited Liability Company defendant, is its incorporated parent company?

Question Presented (from Petition)

Questions Presented 1. Does diversity jurisdiction exist when the sole member of a named Limited Liability Company defendant, is its incorporated parent company? 2. Whether attorneys that withhold articles of organization, for a limited liability company , defendant, for the purpose of obtaining federal court jurisdiction, when diversity jurisdiction is lacking, are properly named defendants? . 1

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Zymogenetics Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2021-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)

Attorneys

Rhonda Meisner
Rhonda Meisner — Petitioner
Rhonda Meisner — Petitioner
Zymogenetics Inc., et al.
Ellison Ford McCoyJackson Lewis PC, Respondent
Ellison Ford McCoyJackson Lewis PC, Respondent