Grunblatt v. UnumProvident Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that veil-piercing “is typically a fact specific inquiry not amenable to 18 resolution [on] a motion to dismiss”
• court should count interest towards the amount in controversy when it is an “essential ingredient of the principal claim”
• “However, the principal place of business prong does not replace the citizenship of the state of incorporation; it merely adds another state of citizenship—either of which could destroy diversity.”
• “[T]he Second Circuit has interpreted the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on this issue as resting on the notion that when interest ‘is owed as part of an underlying contractual obligation,’ it is part of the principal claim.” (alteration adopted
• attributing subsidiary’s citizenship to parent in diversity suit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).