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Article: 4th Circuit: Johnson v. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of South Carolina, Inc.
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- January 5, 2009
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Civil Procedure
Diversity jurisdiction
BOTTOM LINE: A corporation with dual citizenship could not
establish diversity of citizenship under Class Action Fairness Act
to allow case to be removed to federal court.
CASE: Johnson v. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of South
Carolina, Inc., US4th No. 08-2186 (decided Dec. 12, 2008) (Judges
NIEMEYER & Traxler) (Judge Agee, concurring in part and dissenting
in part).
COUNSEL: Barry Goheen, Michael C. Russ, King & Spalding, LLP,
Atlanta, GA, for Appellant. Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake &
Kallas, LLC, New York, NY, for Appellees.
FACTS: Lisa Johnson and Gilbert Herbert (collectively, Johnson),
citizens of South Carolina, filed an action on ...
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