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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

BankFirst, a South Dakota state bank,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Tucson Copper Hill Estates, LLC, a

Minnesota limited liability company,

et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-08-376-PHX-DGC

ORDER

At the Case Management Conference on April 11, 2008, the Court inquired

concerning the principal place of business for Plaintiff BankFirst. Counsel for BankFirst

stated that although Plaintiff is a South Dakota corporation, its principal place of business

is in Minnesota. Because the other Defendants in this case are also citizens of Minnesota,

the Court lacks diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1332; see Indus. Tectonics, Inc. v. Aero

Alloy, 912 F.2d 1090, 1092 (9th Cir. 1990) (“For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a

corporation is a citizen of any state where it is incorporated and of the state where it has its

principal place of business.”) (citing § 1332(c)(1)); Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis, 519 U.S. 61,

68 (1996) (§ 1332(a) “applies only to cases in which the citizenship of each plaintiff is

diverse from the citizenship of each defendant.”).

IT IS ORDERED that this case is remanded to Pinal County Superior Court. 

DATED this 14th day of April, 2008.

Case 2:08-cv-00376-DGC Document 24 Filed 04/15/08 Page 1 of 1