The nerve!

A unanimous Supreme Court in Hertz Corp. v. Friend  adopted the "nerve center" test today for citizenship under 28 U.S.C. s1332.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1107.pdf

Basically this means that plaintiffs in California can't avoid federal court by arguing that the proportional percentage of a corporation's business in California  is so large (since California is so large and populous) that the corporation is a California citizen.   So a corporation does still have some control over the identity of the state of which it will be deemed a citizen.

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