Diversity Jurisdiction

Civil procedure professors love to gin up tricky hypotheticals to quiz 1Ls on the limits of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). The Fourth Circuit recently confronted a real-world scenario involving a dual-citizen LLC and the distinction between § 1332(a)(2) and § 1332(a)(3). In a decision destined to be cited in casebooks, the Fourth…