On February 23, 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled in Hertz Corp. v. Friend that a corporation's principal place of business for the sake of diversity jurisdiction is its "nerve center." The Court unanimously overturned the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's determination [PDF] that employees of Hertz could sue the company in California. Justice Breyer wrote that the '"nerve center" is likely to be the business' headquarters.
Learn more about the Supreme Court from the JURIST news archive.
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
SYNDICATION
