McCann v. George W. Newman Irrevocable Trust

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• concluding that the standard for showing state citizenship is preponderance of the evidence
• reiterating that “[t]he party asserting diversity jurisdiction bears the burden of proof.”
• reiterating that “[t]he party asserting diversity jurisdiction bears the burden of proof.”
• rejecting clear and convincing standard and adopting preponder- ance of evidence standard in determining domicile for personal jurisdiction
• first citing McNutt v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp., 298 U.S. 178, 189 (1936), then citing Samuel– Bassett v. KIA Motors Am., Inc., 357 F.3d 392, 396 (3d Cir. 2004)
• to change domicile, an individual must “take up residence at the new domicile”

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