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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)

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*In Bonner v. Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th

Cir. 1981) (en banc), the Eleventh Circuit Court of

Appeals adopted as binding precedent all of the decisions

of the former Fifth Circuit handed down prior to the

close of business on September 30, 1981.

 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

ATLANTIC CASUALTY INSURANCE )

COMPANY, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 3:12cv617-MHT

) (WO) 

L & L SOCIAL CLUB, INC., )

d/b/a L & L Social Club, )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION AND ORDER

The allegations of the plaintiff's complaint are

insufficient to invoke this court's jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1332. To invoke jurisdiction based on

diversity, a complaint must distinctly and affirmatively

allege each party's citizenship. McGovern v. American

Airlines, Inc., 511 F. 2d 653, 654 (5th Cir. 1975) (per

curiam).*

 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c) provides that a corporation

shall be deemed a citizen, first, of all States by which

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it has been incorporated and, second, of the State where

it has its principal place of business. To invoke

jurisdiction based on diversity in a case in which a

corporation is a party, it is thus necessary to allege

distinctly and affirmatively all the States by which the

corporation has been incorporated and the State in which

the corporation has its principal place of business.

American Motorists Ins. Co. v. American Employers' Ins.

Co., 600 F.2d 15, 16 and n.1 (5th Cir. 1979) (per

curiam). The plaintiff's complaint fails to allege

sufficiently the citizenship of corporate defendant L &

L Social Club, Inc.

The complaint is also insufficient because it does

not indicate the citizenship of plaintiff Atlantic

Casualty Insurance Company. If the entity is a

corporation, then the complaint must allege, as stated,

the citizenship of both the State of incorporation and

where the corporation has its principal place of

business. If the entity is a partnership, the complaint

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must indicate the citizenship of the individual partners,

both general and limited. Carden v. Arkoma Associates,

494 U.S. 185 (1990). If the entity is an unincorporated

association, the complaint must indicate the citizenship

of each and every one of its members. Xaros v. U.S.

Fidelity and Guar. Co., 820 F.2d 1176, 1181 (11th Cir.

1987). If the entity is a limited liability company, the

complaint must allege “[t]he citizenships of all members

of the limited liability company.” Rolling Greens MHP,

L.P. v. Comcast SCH Holdings L.L.C., 374 F.3d 1020, 1022

(11 Cir. 2004). (And if the entity consists of several

entities, the complaint must reflect the citizenship, or

citizenships, of each and every entity based on the

nature of that entity.)

***

It is therefore the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of

the court that the plaintiff has until February 19, 2013,

to amend the complaint to allege jurisdiction

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sufficiently, see 28 U.S.C. § 1653; otherwise this

lawsuit shall be dismissed without prejudice.

DONE, this the 6th day of February, 2013.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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