Legal Opinion
Taber Partners, I v. Merit Builders, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 3, 1993No. 92-1921, 92-1922PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether, for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a partnership’s business activities should be considered in determining the principal place of business of each of its corporate partners. We hold that, in the absence of evidence that the partnership and its corporate partners failed to maintain their separate identities, the partnership’s activities ordinarily should not be considered for this purpose.
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PROCEDURAL POSTURE
Plaintiff Taber Partners I (“Taber”), a New York general partnership whose sole partners are two New York corporations,…
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