America's Best Inns, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Best Inns of Abilene, L.P., Cross-Appellant

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• holding that allegations made “to the best of my knowledge and belief” are insufficient to establish diversity jurisdiction
• holding that affidavits alleging citizenship based on “the best of my knowledge and belief” are, by themselves, insufficient to show citizenship in a diversity case
• vacating judgment of district court and remanding with instructions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
• Jurisdictional allegations made “upon information and belief” are not sufficient to support federal diversity jurisdiction
• “Despite receiving express directions about what they had to do, counsel did not do it. At some point the train of opportunities ends.”
• “Trusts are not natural persons; no trust is a ‘resident’ of Kansas. The citizenship of a trust is the citizenship of the trustee or trustees”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).