Carden v. Arkoma Associates
United States Supreme Court
494 U.S. 185 (1990)
Arkoma Associates (Arkoma) (plaintiff), an Arizona limited partnership, sued Louisiana citizens Carden and Limes (defendants) in federal court based on diversity jurisdiction; the defendants argued diversity was destroyed because one of Arkoma's limited partners was also a Louisiana citizen. The district court disagreed and ruled for Arkoma, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed on the theory that only general partners' citizenship counts toward a limited partnership's citizenship for diversity purposes; Carden and Limes sought Supreme Court review.
Whether the citizenship of limited partners should be considered in determining the citizenship of a limited partnership for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.