James Dakuras, Sr. v. Robert Edwards

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that citizenship of a natural person is determined by domicile
• considering when the domicile of a minor or ward may depend upon that of a parent or guardian
• a guardian “should not be allowed to gain a litigating advantage from having changed their ward’s domicile for an improper reason”
• “The responsibility for making the essential life choices of children and wards is vested not in them but in their parents or guardians, and we cannot see why the choice of domicile should not be treated as one of those life choices.”
• “[D]omicile is the place one intends to remain.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Acridge v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-06-16· cited 104×
• LM Ins. Corp. v. Spaulding Enterprises Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-07-08· cited 73×
• Cassens v. Cassens
  S.D. Illinois· 2006-04-28· cited 20×
• Midwest Transit, Inc. v. Hicks
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-10-17· cited 10×
• Ner Tamid Congregation of N. Town v. Krivoruchko
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-06-10· cited 8×
• Kabes v. School District of River Falls
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2005-09-26· cited 4×
• Moder v. L.E. Meyers Co.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2008-12-05· cited 3×
• Broadwater v. Heidtman Steel Products, Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2003-05-29· cited 1×
• Acridge v. Evangel Luther
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-07-22
• LM Insurance Corp v. Spaulding Enterprise
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-07-08
• DC Liquidators, LLC v. Warehouse Equipment Specialists, LLC
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-12-01
• Asad v. Arab Bank, PLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-11-12

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edward Bontkowski v. Brian Smith
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-09-26· cited 133×
• Irene A. Janzen, Administratrix of the Estate of Waldo R. Janzen, Deceased v. Wilber W. Goos and Ivan Gottula
  Eighth Circuit· 1962-04-27· cited 79×
• Ziady v. Curley
  Fourth Circuit· 1968-06-12· cited 54×
• Foster v. Carlin
  Fourth Circuit· 1952-12-31· cited 43×
• Juvelis, Juvelis v. Snider
  Third Circuit· 1995-10-10· cited 33×
• Juanita Peterson, Individually and as Assignee of Nathaniel Washington v. Allcity Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1972-12-29· cited 30×
• DeSilva v. DiLeonardi
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-09-26· cited 24×
• Freddy M. Long, Guardian of the Estate of and Person of Gilbert Venoy Long v. Charles G. Sasser, M.D. J. Wilson, Iii, M.D.
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-08-02· cited 11×
• Rishell v. Jane Phillips Episcopal Memorial Medical Center
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-12-21· cited 5×
• Dunlap v. Buchanan
  Eighth Circuit· 1984-08-10· cited 4×