Boumatic, LLC v. Idento Operations, BV

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a Netherlands B.V. should be treated as a corporation for purposes of diversity of citizenship
• finding that a “Netherlands BV” business entity is properly classified as a corporation for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1332
• stating that a BV is the equivalent of an American LLC
• “According to [the defendant], if it agreed orally to anything (which it denies
• “Litigants cannot confer subject-matter jurisdiction by agreement or omission, but personal jurisdiction is a personal right that a litigant may waive or forfeit.”
• “Shares can be bought and sold, subject to restrictions that the business declares. That is a common device in this nation’s close corporations too.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).