Mullins v. TestAmerica, Inc.

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• holding that, “if the circumstances surrounding the lien’s creation are themselves part of the alleged fraudulent transfer,” the lien is invalid
• holding that a defendant “should reasonably have anticipated being haled into a Texas court for precipitating and directing an alleged fraudulent transfer at the expense of a known, major creditor in Texas”
• suggesting that to discern the citizenship of an LLC, the court must trace citizenship “down the various organizational layers”
• affirming where a district court “trac[ed] [the parties’] citizenship down the various organizational layers where necessary” to determine diversity jurisdiction
• applying Texas law and holding that exemplary damages were not recoverable because no actual damages resulting from the defendant’s tortious conduct were requested or awarded
• explaining citizenship must be “distinctly and affirmatively alleged” in order to establish the existence of complete diversity

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