Desarrolladora La Ribera, S. De R.L. De C.V. v. Anderson
- Lewis Kaplan
- 1:24-cv-00067
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Desarrolladora La Ribera v. Anderson, Judge Moses ordered two business entities to disclose their members’ citizenship in Rule 7.1 statements.
5W Public Relations, LLC and TRG CP, LLC must each file a Rule 7.1 statement identifying their members and disclosing those members’ citizenship by December 4, 2024.
What happened
Desarrolladora La Ribera, S. De R.L. De C.V. is the plaintiff in a case against Steve Anderson and other defendants.
The order requires 5W Public Relations, LLC and TRG CP, LLC to file statements identifying each member and disclosing each member’s citizenship. The deadline is December 4, 2024.
Judge Barbara Moses issued the order on December 2, 2024, directing the entities to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 and noting that an LLC’s citizenship is that of each member.
The detailed version
- Desarrolladora La Ribera, S. De R.L. De C.V. v. Anderson · No. 1:24-cv-00067
- Lewis Kaplan
- Dec. 2, 2024
Order
The court ordered defendant 5W Public Relations, LLC (5W PR) and counterclaimant TRG CP, LLC (TRG CP) to each file a statement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 by December 4, 2024.
Required disclosures
The statements must identify every member of 5W PR and TRG CP and disclose each member’s citizenship. The order directs the entities to use the Rule 7.1 statement form available on the Southern District of New York’s website.
The court highlighted that, for purposes of the diversity statute, a limited liability company has the citizenship of each of its members. It also stated that an individual’s citizenship is determined by the person’s domicile, meaning the person’s legally relevant permanent home.
Disposition
Judge Barbara Moses entered the order requiring the two entities to file the specified Rule 7.1 statements. The opinion does not state any ruling on the underlying claims or counterclaims.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.