Phoenix Fashion, Inc. v. Saadia Group LLC
- Lewis Liman
- 1:23-cv-05788
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Phoenix Fashion v. Saadia Group, Judge Liman ordered a jurisdiction letter because the complaint omitted citizenship details needed for diversity jurisdiction.
Phoenix Fashion, Inc. must address the pleading of diversity jurisdiction in a letter to the court. The order concerns the citizenship information for Saadia Group LLC, Fashion to Figure EComm LLC, Lord & Taylor EComm LLC, and their members.
What happened
Phoenix Fashion, Inc. v. Saadia Group LLC concerns whether the complaint adequately pleaded federal diversity jurisdiction.
The complaint relied on diversity jurisdiction but did not identify the citizenship of Saadia Group LLC, Fashion to Figure EComm LLC, or Lord & Taylor EComm LLC, or the citizenship of those companies’ members.
Judge Lewis J. Liman directed Phoenix Fashion to file a letter by April 11, 2024, addressing whether diversity jurisdiction was properly pleaded. The order did not decide the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- Phoenix Fashion, Inc. v. Saadia Group LLC · No. 1:23-cv-05788
- Lewis Liman
- Apr. 8, 2024
Issue
The complaint invoked diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The court questioned whether the complaint adequately pleaded the citizenship information required to establish that jurisdiction.
Court’s Analysis
The complaint did not specify the citizenship of Saadia Group LLC, Fashion to Figure EComm LLC, or Lord & Taylor EComm LLC, or the citizenship of their members. The court cited the rule that, for diversity purposes, a limited liability company has the citizenship of each of its members.
Order
The court directed Phoenix Fashion, Inc. to file a letter by April 11, 2024, addressing whether diversity jurisdiction was properly pleaded. The order was signed by Judge Lewis J. Liman. The opinion does not state that the court dismissed the action or reached the merits of the parties’ dispute.
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