Michael Altimore v. Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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• holding that the party removing to federal court “bears the burden of establishing jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence”
• removing defendant bears the burden of establishing federal jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence
• considering domicile factors of residence, employment, voting, medical treatment, paying taxes, and driver’s license
• evaluating evidence to determine whether the plaintiff had changed his domicile
• “Whether diversity of citizenship exists is determined at the time the suit is filed—not when the cause of action arose.” (citation omitted)
• The removing party “bears the burden of establishing jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).