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District where the headquarters is + district where the principal place of business + district where contacts arisesupersplittysplitter wrote:If a corporation has its headquarters in a state and is subject to the general jurisdiction of that state, for the purposes of 1391(b)(3) is that corporation subject to jurisdiction in every district in that state, or only the district where its headquarters is?
exactly rightNoBladesNoBows wrote:Careful with this, cause I think you meant place of incorporation rather than headquarters. Headquarters and principal place of business SHOULD be the same, "provided that the headquarters is the actual center of direction, control, and coordination, i.e., the “nerve center,” and not simply an office where the corporation holds its board meetings (for example, attended by directors and officers who have traveled there for the occasion)." Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 559 U.S. 77, 93, 130 S. Ct. 1181, 1192, 175 L. Ed. 2d 1029 (2010).fbuster wrote:District where the headquarters is + district where the principal place of business + district where contacts arisesupersplittysplitter wrote:If a corporation has its headquarters in a state and is subject to the general jurisdiction of that state, for the purposes of 1391(b)(3) is that corporation subject to jurisdiction in every district in that state, or only the district where its headquarters is?
I think there is an argument that it does not need to be. For example Boeing is HQed in Chicago (they have a huge building so I assume they do more than just hold random meetings), is incorporated in Delaware, and does most of its business in Seattle.NoBladesNoBows wrote:Careful with this, cause I think you meant place of incorporation rather than headquarters. Headquarters and principal place of business SHOULD be the same, "provided that the headquarters is the actual center of direction, control, and coordination, i.e., the “nerve center,” and not simply an office where the corporation holds its board meetings (for example, attended by directors and officers who have traveled there for the occasion)." Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 559 U.S. 77, 93, 130 S. Ct. 1181, 1192, 175 L. Ed. 2d 1029 (2010).fbuster wrote:District where the headquarters is + district where the principal place of business + district where contacts arisesupersplittysplitter wrote:If a corporation has its headquarters in a state and is subject to the general jurisdiction of that state, for the purposes of 1391(b)(3) is that corporation subject to jurisdiction in every district in that state, or only the district where its headquarters is?