Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Accu-Tek
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 13, 1998No. 95 CV 0049(JBW)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Whether this court has diversity jurisdiction over a mother’s suit against gun manu- faeturers for her son’s death by gunshot depends upon whether her son changed his domicile from his mother’s in New York to his own in Virginia.
By birth, children are forever tied to their parents. See, e.g., Eph. 6:3 (Revised Standard Version) (“Honor your mother and father that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.”). Financial, legal, and other ties do, however, lessen with time. Here, as the facts demonstrate, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- TEXAS v. FLORIDA Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- George S. Krasnov v. Brendan DinanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- John PAMPILLONIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RJR NABISCO, INC., Nabisco Foods Group, Planters Lifesavers Company, Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Mas v. PerryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Sheila M. Lyons v. Salve Regina College and Sheila M. Megley, ph.d., Individually and in Her Capacity as Dean of Students at Salve Regina CollegeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Torrico v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2002
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- Hamilton v. Accu-TekDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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