If corporations are citizens how come cops don't kill them?

Fucking rich people. If you aren't doing anything wrong, why you being such a prick about it? You still need to follow the rules to operate in the state.

I thought Facebook has a physical presence in Washington State which makes them a Citizen of Washington State since our courts have said corporations are people just like you!

A physical presence in a state may subject the corporation to the jurisdiction of that state's courts, but it doesn't make it a "citizen" of that state. Under the diversity jurisdiction statute, a corporation is a "citizen" of the state in which it is incorporated, and the state where its principal place of business is. Removing the case to federal court does not alter the basis of the suit that was originally filed, it moves it into a different courtroom.

Yawn. I can't say I've ever seen another publication find removal newsworthy. There were probably a half-dozen essentially identical Notices of Removal filed in King County Superior / W.D. Wash. today. No one cares, this is standard procedural wrangling that should be expected in every case.

Fuck Zuck

@6

Something tells me that the everyday venue-shopping shuffle doesn't touch too often on the question of who has jurisdiction over State election law.

The "citizenship" question is a boring, irrelevant sideshow, though, I'll grant you that.

If you're still on Facebook, you're only helping Trump and Russia. Quit now.

What I don't understand is why Google and Facebook (I guess more so Facebook) are making such a big deal about this. Eli was following a money trail based on WA law after finding inconsistencies in reporting. The fact that there is so much pushback is starting to make this a much bigger deal than it should've been.

No one thought there was going to be a bigger picture here, but Facebook with it's intensity is showing there may be something to hide.

@8 I'm not following. Provided there is complete diversity and the amount in controversy is satisfied, there is diversity jurisdiction. What is the relevance of the fact that the merits concern state law? I mean, pretty much every case coming into federal courts under 1332 involves questions of state law, there's nothing unusual about that. And, for truly unique issues of state law, the federal courts routinely issue certified questions to the state courts.

Are you suggesting there is some sort of basis for discretionary remand here?