High court adopts 'nerve center' test for diversity jurisdiction

Earlier this year in Hertz Corporation v. Friend, the United States Supreme Court ruled that for diversity-jurisdiction purposes a “principal place of business”  is “the place where the corporation’s high level officers direct, control, and coordinate the corporation’s activities” -- in other words, the corporate "nerve center." So note Chicago lawyers Laura L. Milnichuk and William J. Perry in the new issue of Trial Briefs, newsletter of the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section. Read their summary and analysis.