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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Suntree Snack Foods LLC,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Dees Nuts LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-24-02845-PHX-KML

ORDER 

On October 22, 2024, the court ordered Plaintiff Suntree Snack Foods LLC to file a 

“supplement identifying the members of each party and the citizenship of those members.”

(Doc. 6 At 1.) Suntree subsequently filed a disclosure statement, but that statement is not 

sufficient. (Doc. 7.) 

As the court previously explained, 

A limited liability company is “a citizen of every state of which 

its owners/members are citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia 

Properties Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). 

And ownership of a limited liability company must be “traced 

through as many levels as necessary until reaching a natural 

person or a corporation.” City of E. St. Louis, Illinois v. Netflix, 

Inc., 83 F.4th 1066, 1070 (7th Cir. 2023).

(Doc. 6 at 1.) In other words, because Suntree is an LLC, it must disclose all of its members 

and, if a member is an LLC, the members of that LLC must also be disclosed. This 

disclosure process must continue until Suntree identifies the members or owners who are 

natural persons or corporations. Suntree must then provide the citizenship of those natural 

persons or corporations. Suntree must provide the same disclosures for Defendant Dees 

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Nuts LLC.

Because Suntree filed this suit in federal court based on diversity jurisdiction, if the 

parties are not diverse “the court cannot proceed at all.” Ex parte McCardle, 74 U.S. 506, 

514 (1868) (“Without jurisdiction the court cannot proceed at all in any cause.”). Suntree 

will be given a final opportunity to disclose the citizenship of the parties. If Suntree is 

unable to establish complete diversity, the court will have no choice but to dismiss this case 

without prejudice.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED no later than November 15, 2024, Plaintiff Suntree Snack Foods 

LLC shall file a statement properly identifying the citizenship of all both parties.

Dated this 1st day of November, 2024.

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