Gasperini v. Dodge Data & Analytics LLC
- Lewis Liman
- 1:23-cv-03901
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Gasperini v. Dodge Data & Analytics, Judge Liman ordered plaintiffs to clarify whether diversity jurisdiction was properly pleaded.
Pasquale Gasperini and John Cahill must clarify the citizenship information supporting diversity jurisdiction in their complaint.
What happened
Gasperini v. Dodge Data & Analytics LLC concerns a complaint filed by Pasquale Gasperini and John Cahill against Dodge Data & Analytics LLC, doing business as Dodge Construction Network.
The complaint relied on diversity jurisdiction, which generally requires the parties to be citizens of different states, but it did not identify Dodge’s citizenship or the citizenship of its members. The court directed the plaintiffs to file a letter addressing whether they had properly pleaded that jurisdiction.
Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered the letter to be filed by July 25, 2023. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- Gasperini v. Dodge Data & Analytics LLC · No. 1:23-cv-03901
- Lewis Liman
- July 21, 2023
Background
Pasquale Gasperini and John Cahill filed this action on May 9, 2023. Their complaint invoked diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Diversity jurisdiction requires the complaint to establish the relevant citizenship of the parties.
Jurisdictional issue
The court stated that the complaint did not specify the citizenship of Dodge Data & Analytics LLC d/b/a Dodge Construction Network or the citizenship of its members. For diversity-jurisdiction purposes, a limited liability company has the citizenship of each of its members.
Order
The court directed the plaintiffs to file a letter by July 25, 2023, demonstrating whether diversity jurisdiction was properly pleaded. Judge Lewis J. Liman did not rule on the underlying dispute in this order.
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