Johnson-Brown v. 2200 M STREET LLC

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• noting that the Court “must resolve any ambiguities . . . in favor of remand”
• explaining that a non-corporate entity such as a limited liability company “carr[ies] the citizenship of [its] members”
• explaining that costs and expenses may be awarded if “the removing party contradicts well-settled law in attempting to remove the case to federal court”
• explaining that costs and expenses may be awarded if “the removing party contradicts well-settled law in attempting to remove the case to federal court”
• rejecting attempts to extend corporate citizenship to limited partnerships or limited-partnership associations and concluding that partnerships carry the citizenship of their members
• awarding fees when defendants sought removal in contravention of a “century of Supreme Court precedent” that made it “hard to imagine a more well-settled authority”

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