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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 15, 2020

Kreisler v. Hudson Related Retail LLC

Judge
John Koeltl
Docket
1:19-cv-00626
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Kreisler v. Hudson Related Retail LLC, Judge Koeltl ordered the parties to provide citizenship information about all parties and LLC members.

Who this affects

The parties, including all members of the defendant LLCs, and the plaintiff if any LLC member is a corporation.

What happened

Kreisler v. Hudson Related Retail LLC involves plaintiff Todd Kreisler and Hudson Related Retail LLC and other defendants. The order does not decide the underlying dispute.

The court directed the parties to provide the citizenship of every party, including every member of the defendant limited liability companies. If an LLC member is a corporation, the plaintiff must also provide its state of incorporation and principal place of business.

Judge John G. Koeltl issued the order on July 15, 2020, and set July 24, 2020, as the deadline for this information. He explained that an LLC’s citizenship depends on the citizenship of each of its members.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Kreisler v. Hudson Related Retail LLC · No. 1:19-cv-00626
Judge
John Koeltl
Date
July 15, 2020

Background

Todd Kreisler is identified as the plaintiff. Hudson Related Retail LLC and other defendants are identified as the defendants. The order does not describe the underlying claims or decide their merits.

Order

The court directed the parties to advise it of the citizenship of all parties, including all members of the LLC defendants, by July 24, 2020. The court further directed the plaintiff to describe the state of incorporation and principal place of business for any LLC member that is a corporation.

The court stated that an LLC’s citizenship is determined by the citizenship of each of its members, citing Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch v. Aladdin Capital Mgmt. LLC, 692 F.3d 42, 49 (2d Cir. 2012).

Disposition

Judge John G. Koeltl entered the information-gathering order and signed it on July 15, 2020. The opinion does not state any additional disposition.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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