Kamelgard v. MacUra

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that under Illinois choice of law principles, “the law of the plaintiff's domicile” usually applies in defamation cases
• “A dismissal for failure to state a claim is a dismissal on the merits . . . .” (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b))
• where the allegedly defamatory statement is communicated in many states, “it makes sense to apply the law of the plaintiff’s domicile”
• “A dismissal for failure to state a claim is a dismissal on the merits, Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b
• “The usual exception” to the principle that “a dismissal on the merits is normally with prejudice and thus a bar to relitigation ... is where the court gives the plaintiff an opportunity to cure the defect in his complaint by filing an amended complaint.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).