Local Rule LR 3.3: CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

LR 3.3 CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

(A) Scope. Counsel for all private (non-governmental) parties in civil cases, including those that seek to intervene, must at the time of first appearance file a certificate containing:

(1) A complete list of the parties, including proposed intervenors, and the corporate disclosure statement required by FRCP 7.1.

(2) A complete list of other persons, associations, firms, partnerships, or corporations having either a financial interest in or other interest which could be substantially affected by the outcome of the case.

(3) A complete list of each person serving as an attorney in the case.

(4) For every action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), the citizenship of every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to the party or proposed intervenor on whose behalf the certificate is filed.

Where the circumstances of the case may warrant, counsel may petition the Court for permission to file the certificate in camera or under seal.

(B) Duties of Counsel. Each attorney has a continuing duty to notify the Court of any changes to the information reported on the certificate, including but not limited to when any later event occurs that could affect the Court's jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a).

(C) Form of Certificate. The certificate must be signed and dated and substantially in the following form:

[style and number of case] Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement

(1) The undersigned counsel of record for a party or proposed intervenor to this action certifies that the following is a full and complete list of all parties, including proposed intervenors, in this action, including any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation that owns 10% or more of the stock of a party or proposed intervenor:

(2) The undersigned further certifies that the following is a full and complete list of all other persons, associations, firms, partnerships, or corporations having either a financial interest in or other interest which could be substantially affected by the outcome of this case:

(3) The undersigned further certifies that the following is a full and complete list of all persons serving as attorneys for the parties, including proposed intervenors, in this case:

(4) [For every action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a).] The undersigned further certifies that the following is a full and complete list of the citizenship* of every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to a party or proposed intervenor on whose behalf this certificate is filed:

*Allegations of an individual's residence do not enable the Court to determine an individual's citizenship. Travaglio v. Am. Express Co., 735 F.3d 1266, 1269 (11th Cir. 2013). For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, citizenship is equivalent to domicile, which is a party's "true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment, and to which he has the intention of returning whenever he is absent therefrom." McCormick v. Aderholt, 293 F.3d 1254, 1257–58 (11th Cir. 2002) (quoting Mas v. Perry, 489 F.2d 1396, 1399 (5th Cir. 1974)).

"[A] limited partnership is a citizen of each state in which any of its partners, limited or general, are citizens." Rolling Greens MHP, L.P. v. Comcast SCH Holdings L.L.C., 374 F.3d 1020, 1021 (11th Cir. 2004) (citing Carden v. Arkoma Assocs., 494 U.S. 185, 195-196 (1990)).

A limited liability company, like other unincorporated entities, "is a citizen of any state of which a member of the company is a citizen." Rolling Greens MHP, 374 F.3d at 1022.

A traditional trust is a citizen of the state of which its trustee is a citizen, not its beneficiaries. Alliant Tax Credit 31, Inc. v. Murphy, 924 F.3d 1134, 1143 (11th Cir. 2019).

Submitted this ____ day of , 20 .

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