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· 4/21/2017

State of West Virginia v. Misty Dawn Nelson

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  • holding that the trustee of a real estate investment trust was the real party in interest for diversity purposes
  • holding that HSBC, the 24 trustee, was sued in its own name and therefore its citizenship was all that mattered 25 for purposes of diversity
  • explaining that diversity jurisdiction requires “complete diversity of citizenship, meaning that the citizenship of each plaintiff is diverse from the citizenship of each defendant” (quotation marks omitted)
  • explaining that diversity jurisdiction requires “complete diversity of citizenship, meaning that the citizenship of each plaintiff is diverse from the citizenship of each defendant.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • determining that “when a trustee files a lawsuit or is sued in her own name, her citizenship is all that matters for diversity purposes.” (quoting , 136 S.Ct. at 1016)
  • stating diversity jurisdiction “requires complete diversity of citizenship, meaning that the citizenship of each plaintiff is diverse from the citizenship of each defendant”

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