Danjaq, S.A. v. Pathe Communications Corporation Mgm-Pathe Communications Co. Tracinda Corporation Kirk Kerkorian Mgm/ua Communications Co.

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• concluding that the location of the \bulk\ of a corporation's activities was its principal place of business
• concluding that the location of the “bulk” of a corporation’s activities was its principal place of business
• holding that even a subsidiary’s activities should not be considered in determining a corporation’s principal place of business absent a showing that the subsidiary is merely an alter ego of its parent
• recognizing separate corporate identity of parent despite evidence that subsidiary \perform[ed] the lion's share\ of the film production for the parent
• noting that, when a subsidiary is the alter ego of a parent corporation, the subsidiary’s citizenship is presumed to match that of the parent corporation’s
• noting that, when a subsidiary is the alter ego of a parent corporation, the subsidiary’s citizenship is presumed to match that of the parent corporation’s

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