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HERTZ CORP. v. FRIEND

No. 08-1107.

130 S.Ct. 1181 (2010)

559 U.S. 77

The HERTZ CORP., Petitioner, v. Melinda FRIEND et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sri Srinivasan, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Todd M. Schneider, San Francisco, CA, for respondents.

Frank B. Shuster, (Counsel of Record), Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Robert A. Dolinko, Chris Baker, Nixon Peabody LLP, San Francisco, CA, Sri Srinivasan, Irving L. Gornstein, Kathryn E. Tarbert, Justin Florence, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., Louis R. Franzese, David B. Friedman, Park Ridge, NJ, for Petitioner.

Todd M. Schneider, Joshua G. Konecky, W.H. "Hank" Willson, IV, Megan M. Lewis, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP, San Francisco, CA, Norman Pine, Beverly Tillett Pine, Pine & Pine, Sherman Oaks, CA, Robert J. Stein III, Counsel of Record, William M. Hensley, Marc D. Alexander, Aileen M. Banellis, Valerie K. Brennan, Adorno Yoss, Alvarado & Smith, Santa Ana, CA, Arthur N. Abbey, Stephen T. Rodd, Stephanie Amin-Giwner, Orin Kurtz, Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams LLP, New York, NY, for Respondents.

Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The federal diversity jurisdiction statute provides that "a corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business." 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)(1) (emphasis added). We seek here to resolve different interpretations that the Circuits have given this phrase. In doing so, we

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