Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist · ¶12

Hain removed the case to federal court based on the parties' diversity of citizenship. At the time of removal, however, Hain confronted a problem. Generally, 28 U. S. C. § 1332(a) allows federal courts to exercise jurisdiction only when the parties are completely diverse, which means that no adverse party is from the same State, and the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche, 546 U. S. 81, 89 (2005). As the case stood upon removal, though, this requirement was not met. The Palmquists were Texas citizens. Hain was a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in New York, and so was both a Delaware and New York citizen. Whole Foods, however, was headquartered in Texas and so was, like the Palmquists, a Texas citizen. Because Whole Foods and the Palmquists were all Texas citizens, the parties were not completely diverse.

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