corporate residence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 240 U.S. 642 - Fairbanks Steam Shovel Company v. Wills, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Federal Contracting Company · 1916Most cited · 373 citing opinions
A corporation cannot change its residence or its citizenship. It can have its legal home only at the place where it is located by or under the authority of its charter; but it may by its agents transact business anywhere, unless prohibited by its charter or excluded by local laws.
How often courts cite the case defining “corporate residence”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “corporate residence” — 370 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.