Hertz Corp. v. Friend
| Argued November 10, 2009 Decided February 23, 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Full case name | The Hertz Corporation v. Melinda Friend, et al. |
| Docket no. | 08-1107 |
| Citations | 559 U.S. 77 (more) 130 S. Ct. 1181; 175 L. Ed. 2d 1029; 78 U.S.L.W. 4153; 10 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2181; 2010 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2667; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 130; 2010 U.S. LEXIS 1897 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Court membership | |
| |
| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1332 | |
Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 559 U.S. 77 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court supported the "nerve center" test for determining corporate citizenship in the context of the diversity jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Hertz Corp believed that the case brought forward could not be tried in California jurisdiction and therefore hoped a case in a California court would be thrown out. However, the state court ruled that there was California jurisdiction that was appropriate and re-established the importance of the "place of operations" test for firms. The Supreme Court overruled but cautioned that the corporate headquarters will not be considered the principal place of business if it is not the actual center of direction, control, and coordination, such as if it were “simply an office where the corporation holds its board meetings."