Lawyers from one of the most prestigious law firms on earth (Jones Day (Chicago office)) get a run in their silk stockings by pleading that an L.L.C. is “incorporated in Delaware.” It has been a little while since Minnesota Litigator has highlighted this unfortunately frequent glitch so here we go again.
Original post (June 6, 2011): After nearly two years pending in the District of Minnesota, another one bites the dust for lack of subject matter jurisdiction… (U.S. District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen (D. Minn.) gave the plaintiffs five days to show case for why the case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The five days came and went; plaintiffs conceded they could not make a showing of subject matter jurisdiction.)