Middleton Ex Rel. National Financial Systems Management, Inc. v. Stephenson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that citizenship, or domicile, exists only when residence is coupled with an intention to remain in the state indefinitely
• holding that a district court should consider the “totality of the circumstances”
• stating that a person acquires domicile, and thus citizenship, when they reside in a state and intend to remain there
• stating that courts should “consider the totality of the circumstances” to determine a party’s domicile
• indicating that domicile and citizenship findings are reviewed for clear error
• noting “that a party invoking diversity jurisdiction bears the burden of proving its existence by a preponderance of the evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).