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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

G.E. Capital Business Asset Funding

Corporation of Connecticut, 

Plaintiff, 

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KNZ 170 Grand Concourse Donut L.L.C.;

KNZ 149 Broadway Donuts, L.L.C.;

Imran Ali; 

Myra Nuesa; 

Wilson Nuesa; 

Ramon Rosales; 

Marilou Rosales; 

Royland Tan; and 

Consuela Tan, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 07-1854-PHX-JAT

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that on February 4, 2008 at 10:45 a.m., Defendants shall appear

and show cause why this case should not be remanded to state court for lack of Federal

subject matter jurisdiction. 

Specifically,

Unincorporated enterprises are analogized to partnerships, which take the

citizenship of every general and limited partner. Carden v. Arkoma

Associates, 494 U.S. 185 (1990). ... [L]imited liability companies are citizens

of every state of which any member is a citizen.

Belleville Catering Co. v. Champaign Market Place, L.L.C., 350 F.3d 691, 692 (7th Cir.

2003); see also Johnson v. Columbia Properties Anchorage, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir.

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2006). In this case, Defendants have failed to alleged the citizenship of the two limited

liability company defendants sufficient to establish Federal subject matter jurisdiction. 

Additionally, a corporation is a citizen of every state in which it is incorporated and

the state where it has its principal place of business. Industrial Tectonics v. Aero Alloy, 912

F.2d 1090, 1092 (9th Cir. 1990) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)). In the Ninth Circuit, a

corporation’s principal place of business is defined as the location where a majority of the

corporation’s business activity takes place. Id. at 1094. Defendants have failed to allege a

principal place of business for Plaintiff sufficient to establish Federal subject matter

jurisdiction.

DATED this 8th day of January, 2008.

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