Disclosure Statement

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 30, 2025

Rule 7.1.

(a)

Who Must File; Contents.

(1)

Nongovernmental Corporations. A nongovernmental corporate party or a nongovernmental corporation that seeks to intervene must file a statement that:

(A)

identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock; or

(B)

states that there is no such corporation.

(2)

Parties or Intervenors in a Diversity Case. In an action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), a party or intervenor must, unless the court orders otherwise, file a disclosure statement. The statement must name—and identify the citizenship of—every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor:

(A)

when the action is filed in or removed to federal court, and

(B)

when any later event occurs that could affect the court’s jurisdiction under § 1332(a).

(b)

Time to File; Supplemental Filing.

A party, intervenor, or proposed intervenor must:

(1)

file the disclosure statement with its first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the court; and

(2)

promptly file a supplemental statement if any required information changes.

(As added Apr. 29, 2002, eff. Dec. 1, 2002; amended Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007; Apr. 11, 2022, eff. Dec. 1, 2022.)