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).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jiménez v. Rodríguez-Pagán
  First Circuit· 2010-03-01· cited 119×
• Hunter v. Amin
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-10-01· cited 27×
• Estate of Eiteljorg Ex Rel. Eiteljorg v. Eiteljorg
  S.D. Indiana· 2011-09-27· cited 20×
• Architectural Body Research Found. v. Reversible Destiny Found.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-09-28· cited 12×
• Wolfram v. Wolfram
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-01-16· cited 11×
• Baker v. Johnson & Johnson
  S.D. Illinois· 2010-05-26· cited 6×
• Gecker v. Flynn
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-12-02· cited 6×
• Singer v. Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co.
  E.D. Illinois· 2018-08-15· cited 6×
• Curry v. Advocate Bethany Hospital
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-11-09· cited 2×
• Jimenez v. Rodriguez-Pagan
  First Circuit· 2010-03-01
• Elisha Hunter v. Hetal Amin
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-10-01
• Sparrow v. Mid-America Sport Parachute Club
  C.D. Illinois· 2014-09-05

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Marshall v. Marshall
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-01· cited 695×
• Lois Jones v. Thomas Brennan
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-08-14· cited 115×
• Struck v. Cook County Public Guardian
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-11-26· cited 89×
• Tank v. Chronister
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-11-03· cited 26×
• Anderson v. McBurney
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1991-02-14· cited 16×
• Julie M. Steinlage, Trustee for the Heirs of Dolores May Smith v. Mayo Clinic Rochester, a Minnesota Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-01-30· cited 12×
• Wickert v. Burggraf
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1997-10-28· cited 11×
• Schaefer v. Schaefer
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1979-03-21· cited 8×
• Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. v. Quad Drilling Corp.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1973-02-01· cited 5×