Akno 1010 Market Street St. Louis Missouri LLC v. Pourtaghi, No. 21-2959 (6th Cir. 2022)
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The Sixth Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant, a Canadian resident, in this lawsuit brought under 28 U.S.C. 1332(a)(2), holding that remand was required for the district court to decide the issue of subject matter jurisdiction in the first place.
Plaintiff, Akno 1010 Market Street St. Louis Missouri, LLC, sued Defendant in federal district court, asserting diversity jurisdiction but stating only that it was "organized under the laws of Michigan." Although Plaintiff did not adequately allege its own citizenship the district court decided the case on the merits. The Sixth Circuit vacated the district court's judgment, holding that further fact-finding was required on the issue of whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction to hear this dispute.
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