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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY v. DENKMANN ASSOCIATES

No. 96-30554.

116 F.3d 134 (1997)

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DENKMANN ASSOCIATES; Demiss Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Wittmann, Richard C. Stanley, Edwin H. Neill, III, Bryan Charles Reuter, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Luther T. Munford, Ross F. Bass, Jr., Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, John R. Tharp, Baton Rouge, LA, Paul Lee Peyronnin, Roy C. Cheatwood, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, Margaret Lynn Tooke, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, James A. Smith, Jr., James R. Hennessey, Smith & Leary, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, DeMOSS, Circuit Judge, and JUSTICE, District Judge.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

International Paper Company appeals the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Concluding that the district court properly determined that no diversity of citizenship exists between IP and Denkmann Associates, a general partnership, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

IP filed this action to compel Denkmann and Denmiss Corporation to arbitrate the price of an option to purchase approximately 95,000 acres of Louisiana...

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