Gustafson v. Zumbrunnen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that, under section 1332(c)(2), an individual who brings suit on behalf of an estate is deemed a citizen of the same state as the decedent, even if that plaintiff is not the legally appointed executor or administrator
• noting that the federal diversity statute treats the legal representative of a decedent’s estate as a citizen of the same state as the decedent
• analyzing the term “legal representative” in 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)(2) in a diversity action applying Wisconsin law
• ‘[T]he federal diversity statute treats the legal representative of a decedent’s estate ... as a citizen of the same state as the decedent ... .””
• “[T]he federal diversity statute treats ‘the legal representative’ of a decedent’s estate (or the estate of an infant or an incompetent) as a citizen of the same state as the decedent . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).