New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. Kings County Hospital v. Parker

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• explaining that, in certain cases, “Rule 27 allows for a particular and narrow form of inquiry to take place before a suit is filed”
• finding that “in the handful of states that allow it (among them Delaware), its members can be anonymous: an authorized third-party representative can register the LLC without disclosing the identities of the LLC’s members”
• limited liability com- panies and limited partnerships are deemed citizens of every state in which their members or partners are citizens
• “Courts sometimes authorize [jurisdictional] discovery after suit is filed when doubt emerges regarding whether, as alleged, the parties are in fact diverse.”
• “Rule 27 provides only for the perpetuation of testimony that is at risk of becoming unavailable.”
• “So, in contrast to a corporation, which is a citizen of its state of incorporation and the state where it maintains its principal place of business (two states at most), an LLC can be a citizen of many states.”

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