(a) Nongovernmental Corporate Disclosure Statement
(1) Who Must File. Any nongovernmental corporation, partnership or limited
liability company who is a party or who moves to intervene must file a
Nongovernmental Corporate Disclosure Statement as required by Fed.R.Civ.P.7.1(a)(1)
and this rule.
(2) Form of Filing. The disclosure statement shall substantially conform to Civil
Form 4, Nongovernmental Corporate Disclosure Statement.
(3) Additional Information. The disclosure statement shall identify any publicly
held corporation with which a merger agreement exists.
(b) Diversity of Citizenship Disclosure Statement
(1) Who Must File. Any party or intervenor in a case whose jurisdiction is based on
diversity of citizenship must file the disclosure statement required by Fed. R. Civ. P.
7.1(a)(2).
(2) Form of Filing. The disclosure statement shall substantially conform to Civil
Form 4.1, Diversity Disclosure Statement.
(3) Unincorporated Entities. An unincorporated entity, including but not limited to
a partnership, limited liability company (“LLC”) or trust, must name and identify the
citizenship of all individuals or entities whose citizenship is attributed to the
unincorporated entity under applicable law.
(A) Individuals or entities attributed to the unincorporated entity under
applicable law may include, but are not limited to, partners, members, trustees
and beneficiaries.
(B) If any entity whose citizenship is attributed to the unincorporated entity is
itself an unincorporated entity, the name and citizenship of the individuals or
entities whose citizenship is attributed to that unincorporated entity must
likewise be disclosed until all related parties whose citizenship is attributable
to the filing party have been disclosed.
(c) Filing. Nongovernmental Corporate Disclosure Statements and Diversity of Citizenship
Disclosure Statements must be filed as separate documents and may not be combined into one
document.
(d) Time for Filing in Removal Actions. In removal actions, a nongovernmental plaintiff
or intervenor that is a corporation, partnership or LLC, or a party or intervenor in a diversity
case, must file a disclosure statement within twenty-one (21) days from the date the notice of
removal is filed or with the first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, objection, or
request, whichever is filed sooner.
(Formerly LR 83.6(a)(4), renumbered to 7.5 and amended 1/1/01; retitled, § (a) retitled and
amended, § (b) retitled, relettered to (d) and amended, and new §§ (b) and (c) added 1/1/03; §§
(c) and (d) amended 12/1/09; § (d) amended 12/1/11; formerly LR 7.5 renumbered to 7.1.1, § (a)
amended 12/1/13; §§ (a), (c) and (d) amended 12/1/22; §§ (a) and (c) amended 12/1/23; §§ (a) -
(c) restyled 12/1/25)
