INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, a Limited Partnership; Financial Factors, Ltd., an Alaska Corporation; Auke Bay Company Profit Sharing Trust; Creative Investments No. 1, a Limited Partnership; National Bank of Alaska, as Custodian for the H.P. Head Rollover IRA; And National Bank of Alaska, as Custodian for the R.E. Greisen Rollover IRA, Appellants, v. BUSINESS PARK FUND, an Alaska Limited Partnership; Leslie B. Pace, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Richard H. Rapp, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Herbert E. Eckmann, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Partnership Management Corporation, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Land Title Company of Alaska, Inc., Successor-In-Interest to Broker's Title Company; Curtis L. Anderson; Robert O. Anderson; Marion A. Arturo; Abbie G. Arturo; Peter A. Barker; Marilyn H. Barker; Marilyn J. Beach; David W. Beach; Daniel C. Beach; Ronald D. Beach; James A. Bennett; Connie S. Bennett; Ole K. Bevolden; Herdis Bevolden; Rex I. Bishopp; Ruth M. Bishopp; Estate of William E. Blackmon; Charles A. Brodahl; Erdie P. Brodahl; Ann E. Burbank; Raymond W. Burbank; William J. Burnison; David L. Byrd; Sue S. Byrd; Richard M. Carlson; Carol B. Carlson; Howard W. Castle; Jay Castle; Gunter Christoph; Alice L. Christoph; Robert A. Coats; William Fortune Coghill; Geraldine Stephens Coghill; William Fortune Coghill and Geraldine Stephens Coghill Revocable Trust; Dennis Colligan; Doris S. Colligan; Frank D. Cox; Esther J. Cox; Ronald L. Davis; Theresa A. Davis; Michael L. Delbecq; Muriel E. Delbecq; Louis A. Delbecq; William M. Dinkins; Edith S. Dinkins; Jewell D. Donchak; Joseph Donchak; L. Catherine Doogan; Carol J. Douthit; Eva Eckmann; E.K.S. Partnership; Nora H. Ekstedt; Donald v. Elliott; Terry A. Ellis; Theresa A. Ellis; Carroll I. Erickson; Robert C. Farkas; Kathleen A. Farkas; Gary D. Ferguson; Kun Yea Ferguson; Thomas R. Fink; Sylvia S. Fink; Todd E. Fisher, Cynthia A. Fisher, Carolyn K. Fowler; Robert A. Garrett; Dorothy D. Garrett; Roland E. Gower, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Trust; Roland E. Gower, J.D., P.C. Money Purchase Pension Trust; Frank B. Gregory; Merada A. Gregory, Gene E. Griffin, Marsha K. Griffin; Irvin W. Hale; Wanda M. Hale; Robert L. Hall; John R. Hall; JRRL Enterprises; Robert L. Hanson; Willa M. Hanson; James C. Harle; Michael T. Hart; Georgette M. Hart, Hart Family Revocable Trust; Robert G. Henke; Charlotte M. Henke; Alys P. Hopkins; Harold J. Hopkins, Dr. Ward A. Hulbert; I.M.A. Money Purchase Pension & Profit Sharing Plans: FBO Richard F. Buchanan; I.M.A. Pension Fund; FBO George L. Stewart Account; Warren R. Jackson; Margaret L. Jackson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Warren R. Jackson; Jasi Company; Theresa Jelacic; Wayne D. Jensen; Rita J. Jensen; Curtis D. Jensen; Deborah L. Jensen; George J. Johnson; Patricia M. Johnson; Daniel B. Jordan; Marian M. Jordan; Danny T. Kara; Janis M. Kara; Patricia I. Kier; Jacob C. Knapp; Mildred C. Knapp, Kaare Kraakmo; Erhard Krinke; Kjell Kristiansen; Marit Kristiansen; Jane Langston; Alfred N. Lanum; Julianne M. Lanum; Barbara J. Lavish; Douglas W. Lindstrand; Patricia F. Lindstrand, Duane C. Luedke, Shirley M. Luedke; Jack McLean; Josephine McLean; Gary R. Masog; Verna J. Mathews; Lloyd L. Mathews; Frances McDowell; William F. McDowell; Leonard Michels; Anita Michels; Ronald D. Moon, Katherine L. Moon; Howard L. Morgan; Margo J. Morgan; Dorotha L. Muir; Robbie Jay Muir; John H. Nabors, Jr., Individually; Mary B. Nabors, Individually; Mary B. Nabors Family Trust; Mary B. Nabors and John H. Nabors, Trustees Under the Mary B. Nabors Family Trust; David C. Nelson; Judith A. Nelson; Norman Neuls; Marjorie M. Norman; Richard A. Norman; Kenneth D. Owsichek; Lorane W. Owsichek; Valborg Pace; Evonne H. Phillips; Pacific Land Company; Gerald G. Palmer; Alice J. Palmer; Kenneth W. Pitcher; Mary L. Pitcher; Donald C. Pridemore; Wanda J. Pridemore; Richard H. Rapp, Jr.; Richard H. Rapp; Jane S. Rapp; Marlene Rapp, Redi Electric, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust; John J. Repasky; Barbara J. Repasky; M. Dale Riley; Owen F. Saupe; Bernice I. Saupe; Thomas B. Schaafasma; Robert H. Schaeffer; Rose L. Schaeffer; James L. Scheffel; Mary Ellen Segelhorst; N.E. Segelhorst; Roland F. Stickney; Phyllis A. Stickney; Linda J. Stiffler F/K/A/ Linda J. Blackmon; Donald L. Stiffler; Stanley L. Sutton; Laura E. Sutton; Josephine C. Thorson; Walker & Walker Revocable Trusts; Lemoine A. Webber; Juanita Webber; Henry T. Weil; Barbara L. Weil; Millard Lee Woodson; Georgia B. Woodson; Joyce E. Zerkel, Individually; Joyce E. Zerkel Declaration of Trust; K. Gene Zerkel, Individually; K. Gene Zerkel Declaration of Trust; Dexter C. Zernia; 3 D Company, Appellees [1999]

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Reference to INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, a Limited Partnership; Financial Factors, Ltd., an Alaska Corporation; Auke Bay Company Profit Sharing Trust; Creative Investments No. 1, a Limited Partnership; National Bank of Alaska, as Custodian for the H.P. Head Rollover IRA; And National Bank of Alaska, as Custodian for the R.E. Greisen Rollover IRA, Appellants, v. BUSINESS PARK FUND, an Alaska Limited Partnership; Leslie B. Pace, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Richard H. Rapp, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Herbert E. Eckmann, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Partnership Management Corporation, Individually and as a General Partner of Business Park Fund; Land Title Company of Alaska, Inc., Successor-In-Interest to Broker's Title Company; Curtis L. Anderson; Robert O. Anderson; Marion A. Arturo; Abbie G. Arturo; Peter A. Barker; Marilyn H. Barker; Marilyn J. Beach; David W. Beach; Daniel C. Beach; Ronald D. Beach; James A. Bennett; Connie S. Bennett; Ole K. Bevolden; Herdis Bevolden; Rex I. Bishopp; Ruth M. Bishopp; Estate of William E. Blackmon; Charles A. Brodahl; Erdie P. Brodahl; Ann E. Burbank; Raymond W. Burbank; William J. Burnison; David L. Byrd; Sue S. Byrd; Richard M. Carlson; Carol B. Carlson; Howard W. Castle; Jay Castle; Gunter Christoph; Alice L. Christoph; Robert A. Coats; William Fortune Coghill; Geraldine Stephens Coghill; William Fortune Coghill and Geraldine Stephens Coghill Revocable Trust; Dennis Colligan; Doris S. Colligan; Frank D. Cox; Esther J. Cox; Ronald L. Davis; Theresa A. Davis; Michael L. Delbecq; Muriel E. Delbecq; Louis A. Delbecq; William M. Dinkins; Edith S. Dinkins; Jewell D. Donchak; Joseph Donchak; L. Catherine Doogan; Carol J. Douthit; Eva Eckmann; E.K.S. Partnership; Nora H. Ekstedt; Donald v. Elliott; Terry A. Ellis; Theresa A. Ellis; Carroll I. Erickson; Robert C. Farkas; Kathleen A. Farkas; Gary D. Ferguson; Kun Yea Ferguson; Thomas R. Fink; Sylvia S. Fink; Todd E. Fisher, Cynthia A. Fisher, Carolyn K. Fowler; Robert A. Garrett; Dorothy D. Garrett; Roland E. Gower, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Trust; Roland E. Gower, J.D., P.C. Money Purchase Pension Trust; Frank B. Gregory; Merada A. Gregory, Gene E. Griffin, Marsha K. Griffin; Irvin W. Hale; Wanda M. Hale; Robert L. Hall; John R. Hall; JRRL Enterprises; Robert L. Hanson; Willa M. Hanson; James C. Harle; Michael T. Hart; Georgette M. Hart, Hart Family Revocable Trust; Robert G. Henke; Charlotte M. Henke; Alys P. Hopkins; Harold J. Hopkins, Dr. Ward A. Hulbert; I.M.A. Money Purchase Pension & Profit Sharing Plans: FBO Richard F. Buchanan; I.M.A. Pension Fund; FBO George L. Stewart Account; Warren R. Jackson; Margaret L. Jackson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Warren R. Jackson; Jasi Company; Theresa Jelacic; Wayne D. Jensen; Rita J. Jensen; Curtis D. Jensen; Deborah L. Jensen; George J. Johnson; Patricia M. Johnson; Daniel B. Jordan; Marian M. Jordan; Danny T. Kara; Janis M. Kara; Patricia I. Kier; Jacob C. Knapp; Mildred C. Knapp, Kaare Kraakmo; Erhard Krinke; Kjell Kristiansen; Marit Kristiansen; Jane Langston; Alfred N. Lanum; Julianne M. Lanum; Barbara J. Lavish; Douglas W. Lindstrand; Patricia F. Lindstrand, Duane C. Luedke, Shirley M. Luedke; Jack McLean; Josephine McLean; Gary R. Masog; Verna J. Mathews; Lloyd L. Mathews; Frances McDowell; William F. McDowell; Leonard Michels; Anita Michels; Ronald D. Moon, Katherine L. Moon; Howard L. Morgan; Margo J. Morgan; Dorotha L. Muir; Robbie Jay Muir; John H. Nabors, Jr., Individually; Mary B. Nabors, Individually; Mary B. Nabors Family Trust; Mary B. Nabors and John H. Nabors, Trustees Under the Mary B. Nabors Family Trust; David C. Nelson; Judith A. Nelson; Norman Neuls; Marjorie M. Norman; Richard A. Norman; Kenneth D. Owsichek; Lorane W. Owsichek; Valborg Pace; Evonne H. Phillips; Pacific Land Company; Gerald G. Palmer; Alice J. Palmer; Kenneth W. Pitcher; Mary L. Pitcher; Donald C. Pridemore; Wanda J. Pridemore; Richard H. Rapp, Jr.; Richard H. Rapp; Jane S. Rapp; Marlene Rapp, Redi Electric, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust; John J. Repasky; Barbara J. Repasky; M. Dale Riley; Owen F. Saupe; Bernice I. Saupe; Thomas B. Schaafasma; Robert H. Schaeffer; Rose L. Schaeffer; James L. Scheffel; Mary Ellen Segelhorst; N.E. Segelhorst; Roland F. Stickney; Phyllis A. Stickney; Linda J. Stiffler F/K/A/ Linda J. Blackmon; Donald L. Stiffler; Stanley L. Sutton; Laura E. Sutton; Josephine C. Thorson; Walker & Walker Revocable Trusts; Lemoine A. Webber; Juanita Webber; Henry T. Weil; Barbara L. Weil; Millard Lee Woodson; Georgia B. Woodson; Joyce E. Zerkel, Individually; Joyce E. Zerkel Declaration of Trust; K. Gene Zerkel, Individually; K. Gene Zerkel Declaration of Trust; Dexter C. Zernia; 3 D Company, Appellees (991 P.2d 219) strengthens a Business Associations (including Corporations, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies) answer because the case reflects the principle that Use this case as a source-verified research checkpoint rather than an invented rule statement. The ratio should be extracted from the linked opinion by identifying the legal test applied, the facts treated as decisive, and the court's stated reason for the outcome. Applied to a problem question, the case should be used after identifying the issue as What Business Associations (including Corporations, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies) issue does the source record raise, and how should a student verify the rule, holding, and factual trigger from the linked opinion? The stronger essay move is to connect the material facts to the court's holding, then explain whether the present facts support the same conclusion or justify distinguishing the authority.