TTEC Digital, LLC v. Installations, LLC d/b/a Go Configure
- Jacquelyn Corley
- 3:24-cv-08295
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In TTEC Digital v. Installations, Judge Corley ordered citizenship filings to determine whether federal diversity jurisdiction exists.
TTEC Digital, LLC and Installations, LLC must provide supplemental information about the citizenship of their members; the court’s jurisdiction over the case remains under review.
What happened
TTEC Digital, LLC sued Installations, LLC and its parent company, AIT Worldwide Logistics, Inc., claiming federal jurisdiction based on the parties’ diversity of citizenship.
The complaint identified TTEC’s and Installations’ formation states and principal places of business, but it did not identify the citizenship of their members. For limited liability companies, citizenship depends on the citizenship of each member.
Judge Jacquelyn Corley ordered TTEC and Installations to file that information by December 20, 2024. The order did not resolve the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- TTEC Digital, LLC v. Installations, LLC d/b/a Go Configure · No. 3:24-cv-08295
- Jacquelyn Corley
- Dec. 3, 2024
Background
TTEC Digital, LLC brought claims against Installations, LLC and Installations’ parent company, AIT Worldwide Logistics, Inc. The complaint asserted federal subject-matter jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship.
TTEC alleged that it is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Texas. It alleged, on information and belief, that Installations is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in Ohio. It also alleged that AIT is an Illinois company registered as a foreign company in California and doing business in California and the Northern District of California.
Jurisdiction issue
The court explained that a limited liability company is a citizen of every state where any of its owners or members is a citizen. Therefore, the states where TTEC and Installations were formed and where they have their principal places of business did not establish their citizenship for diversity purposes. The complaint did not properly allege diversity jurisdiction, and no other basis for federal subject-matter jurisdiction was clear from the complaint.
Order
The court ordered TTEC and Installations to make a supplemental filing by December 20, 2024, setting out the citizenship of each member of the limited liability company parties. The order was an order to show cause concerning diversity jurisdiction; it did not decide the underlying claims. Judge Jacquelyn Scott Corley signed the order on December 3, 2024.
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