Order | Filed: September 17, 2026
| Entered: September 17, 2026
Scott v. LSC Communications Book LLC
Contract: Other | New York Eastern
~Util - Set Deadlines
ORDER: Defendant LSC Communications Book LLC's revised Rule 7.1 Statement is the opposite of a model of clarity. It fails to provide, in a clear and straightforward manner, the identity and citizenship of entities whose citizenship is attributable to LSC Communications Book LLC. The Second Circuit has explained that it is the members of the LLC whose citizenship is attributable to that entity that is relevant to diversity. Everything Yogurt Brands, LLC v. Bianco, No. 24-2282, 2026 WL 2654127, at *1 n.1 (2d Cir. Sep. 9, 2026) (citing Bayerische Landesbank v. Aladdin Cap. Mgmt. LLC, 692 F.3d 42, 49 (2d Cir. 2012) (an LLC "takes the citizenship of each of its members")). The Defendant's parent companies are irrelevant to this determination. See Viera v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, No. 20-CV-0898, 2022 WL 3716241, at *2 (N.D.N.Y. Aug. 29, 2022) ("[I]t is membership, not ownership, that is critical for determining the citizenship of an LLC.") (quotation omitted); cf. OneWest Bank, N.A. v. Melina, 827 F.3d 214, 221–22 (2d Cir. 2016) ("[W]hen formal separation is maintained between a corporate parent and its corporate subsidiary, federal court jurisdiction over the subsidiary is determined by that corporation's citizenship, not the citizenship of the parent.") (quotation omitted). As are subsidiaries wholly or partially owned by the Defendant. See, e.g., North Sails Grp., LLC v. Boards & More GmbH, No. 18-CV-0160, 2018 WL 731797, at *5 (D. Conn. Feb. 6, 2018) (finding a LLC's subsidiary irrelevant unless the subsidiary itself was named party or is defendant's alter ego); Plug Power Inc. v. Worthington Indus., Inc., No. 21-CV-0946, 2022 WL 252104, at *2 (N.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2022) ("The owner of a wholly-owned subsidiary may or may not be a member—or the sole member of its subsidiary.") (quotation omitted). The same is true for affiliated entities. See E3 Biofuels, LLC v. Biothane, LLC, 781 F.3d 972, 975 (8th Cir. 2015) (concluding that an LLC's direct and indirect ownership interest in another LLC is irrelevant to the analysis of diversity of citizenship). Defendant indicates that it "has identified at least 11 foreign partners whose citizenship can be attributed to Lakeside," but foreign partners are not the same as members of the LLC either. In other words, LSC Communications Book LLC has buried—or not provided at all—the relevant information necessary to determine citizenship and whether jurisdiction exists. It is directed to file a revised Rule 7.1 Statement by September 21, 2026. So Ordered by Judge Sanket J. Bulsara on 9/17/2026. (BEM)