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TABER PARTNERS, I v. MERIT BUILDERS, INC.

Nos. 92-1921, 92-1922.

987 F.2d 57 (1993)

TABER PARTNERS, I, a New York General Partnership, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. MERIT BUILDERS, INC., a Puerto Rico Corp., et al., Defendants, Appellees. TABER PARTNERS, I, a New York General Partnership, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MERIT BUILDERS, INC., a Puerto Rico Corp., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Nachman, Santurce, PR, with whom Joan Schlump Peters, New York City, was on brief, for Merit Builders, Inc.

Arch Stokes with whom John R. Hunt, Stokes and Murphy, Atlanta, GA, Ruben T. Nigaglioni and Ledesma, Palou & Miranda, Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for Taber Partners I.

Jay A. Garcia-Gregory with whom Rafael R. Vizcarrondo, Humberto Guzman-Rodriguez and Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

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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