PKOH NYC, LLC v. The Bottle Crew, LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:22-cv-03495
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In PKOH NYC v. The Bottle Crew, Judge Caproni ordered citizenship details to confirm federal jurisdiction.
PKOH NYC, LLC must provide information about the citizenship of the members of both PKOH NYC, LLC and The Bottle Crew, LLC so the court can assess its subject-matter jurisdiction.
What happened
In PKOH NYC, LLC v. The Bottle Crew, LLC, PKOH NYC sued The Bottle Crew and said federal jurisdiction existed because the parties were citizens of different states. Both parties are limited liability companies.
The court said an LLC’s citizenship depends on the citizenship of each member. PKOH NYC had not provided the citizenship of its members or The Bottle Crew’s members.
Judge Valerie Caproni ordered PKOH NYC to update the court about both LLCs’ members by May 5, 2022, so the court could determine whether it had subject-matter jurisdiction.
The detailed version
- PKOH NYC, LLC v. The Bottle Crew, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-03495
- Valerie Caproni
- May 3, 2022
Background
PKOH NYC, LLC filed the lawsuit on April 29, 2022. The complaint alleged that the court had subject-matter jurisdiction—legal authority to hear the case—because the parties had different citizenships.
Jurisdictional issue
The court explained that determining an LLC’s citizenship requires identifying the citizenship of each of its members. PKOH NYC had not pleaded the citizenship of its members, and it also had not pleaded the citizenship of the members of The Bottle Crew, LLC.
Order
The court ordered PKOH NYC to submit an update by May 5, 2022, stating the citizenship of the members of both LLCs. The purpose was to allow the court to determine whether it had subject-matter jurisdiction. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
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