Beavers v. A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that, for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, the amount in controversy requirement must be met for each plaintiff (citing Smith v. GTE Corp., 236 F.3d 1292, 1300 n.6 (11th Cir. 2001))
• noting plaintiffs have the burden of establishing: (1) each party’s citizenship; and (2) that every plaintiff is diverse from every defendant
• rejecting argument that sua sponte dismissal was unfair surprise under Rule 60(b)(1) and stating that the court would not “characterize the district court’s correct application of settled law as an unfair surprise”
• “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and have the duty to inquire into whether they have subject-matter jurisdiction.”
• “The plaintiff[ ], as the party asserting diversity jurisdiction, [has] the burden to ‘affirmatively allege facts demonstrating the existence of jurisdiction.’” (quoting Taylor v. Appelton, 30 F.3d 1365, 1367 (11th Cir. 1994))
• “The plaintiff[ ], as the party asserting diversity jurisdiction, [has] the burden to ‘affirmatively allege facts demonstrating the existence of jurisdiction.’” (quoting Taylor v. Appleton, 30 F.3d 1365, 1367 (11th Cir. 1994))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pop's Pancakes, Inc. v. NuCO2, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2008-07-22· cited 21×
• In re BRAGA
  S.D. Florida· 2011-03-15· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miriam W. Williams v. Best Buy Co., Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-10-18· cited 668×
• Taylor v. Appleton
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-09-01· cited 588×
• Vick Griffin, D/B/A Griffin Construction Co. v. Swim-Tech Corporation, a Foreign Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-01-09· cited 268×
• Jaffke v. Dunham
  Supreme Court· 1957-01-14· cited 252×
• Rebecca Otwell Baggett, Teressa Latrelle Otwell, Frances Otwell Bagby v. First National Bank of Gainesville
  First Circuit· 1997-07-28· cited 236×
• Troy Bank v. G. A. Whitehead & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1911-11-06· cited 230×
• Gaston v. Bellingrath Gardens & Home, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-02-12· cited 149×
• Dominic M. Cavaliere v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-07-30· cited 143×
• American Bankers Insurance v. Northwestern National Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-12-30· cited 136×
• Dale v. Moore
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-09-09· cited 89×
• Johansen v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-04-01· cited 72×