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Burnside v. Sanders Associates, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Mar 27, 1981

643 F.2d 389 (5th Cir. 1981)

Summary

noting that a subsidiary is a separate entity for citizenship purposes unless the subsidiary "is not really a 'separate entity'"

No. 80-1161.

March 27, 1981.

Berman, Fichtner Mitchell, Harold B. Berman, Douglas E. Yeager, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thompson, Knight, Simmons Bullion, John A. Mackintosh, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Sanders Assoc.

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell Miller, Jack Pew, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Harris Corp. and Harris Data.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas; Robert M. Hill, Judge.

Before RUBIN and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and SUTTLE, District Judge.

District Judge of Western District of Texas, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

We affirm the judgment appealed from for the reasons set forth in the district court's opinion, published at 507 F. Supp. 165 (N.D.Tex. 1980).

AFFIRMED.