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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

WT Arizona LLC,, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

William Creekmur and Jane Doe

Creekmur, husband and wife, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 07-691-PHX-JAT

ORDER

Pending before this Court is Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Doc.

#3). Before the Court considers the request for temporary restraining order, Plaintiff must

show cause why this case should not be dismissed for lack of Federal subject matter

jurisdiction. Plaintiff alleges that its principle place of business is Arizona and that

Defendants are citizens of Arizona. Therefore, if Plaintiff is a corporation, there is no

diversity. 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)). However, the Complaint claims that

Plaintiff is an LLC.

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.

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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.

2006).

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint properly alleging

Federal subject matter jurisdiction (by alleging the citizenship of each member of the LLC)

before the Court will entertain the Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and in any

event, if Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint within 10 days, the Court will dismiss

the Complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

DATED this 3rd day of April, 2007.

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