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Rhonda Meisner v. Zymogenetics, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-1228 · judgment July 22, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Does diversity jurisdiction exist when the sole member of a named Limited Liability Company defendant, is its incorporated parent company?
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Whether attorneys that withhold articles of organization, for a limited liability company defendant, for the purpose of obtaining federal court jurisdiction, when diversity jurisdiction is lacking, are properly named defendants?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rhonda Meisner
For respondent
Ellison Ford McCoy
Jackson Lewis PC
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 22, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 22 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 19 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
- Jan 12 2022Waiver of right of respondent Zymogenetics Inc., et al. to respond filed.
- Dec 17 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)