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HARVEY v. GREY WOLF DRILLING CO.

No. 07-31106.

542 F.3d 1077 (2008)

Alice Glinda HARVEY, Individually on behalf of her deceased husband, Robert Joe Harvey and their children, Tanya Gros and Tammy Smith, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREY WOLF DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim S. Hall, Jim S. Hall & Associates, Metairie, LA, for Harvey.

Jennie Porche Pellegrin, Ben Louis Mayeaux, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GARZA and ELROD, Circuit Judges, and HICKS, District Judge.

HICKS, District Judge:

This appeal presents an issue of first impression in this circuit: whether, for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction, a limited liability company ("LLC") is a citizen of the state where it is organized or is a citizen of the states of which its members are citizens. The district court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c), which governs citizenship for corporations, should be interpreted to include LLCs such that LLCs would share the characteristics...

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