Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation v. Michael D. Tarbuck

How courts have described this case

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• holding that fifty feet is a reasonable and necessary width needed to operate a twenty-inch gas pipeline
• noting that upon challenge, the plaintiff bears the burden of demonstrating the requisite amount in controversy existed at the time of the filing of complaint
• finding that the court “will not ordinarily consider such speculative arguments in determining the amount in controversy”
• explaining that in lawsuits seeking injunctive 5 or declaratory relief, courts “measure the amount in controversy by the value of the rights which the plaintiff seeks to protect”
• deeming “fines that [plaintiff] might have to pay in administrative proceedings” as being too speculative in determining the amount in controversy
• deeming “fines that [plaintiff] might have to pay in administrative proceedings” as being too speculative in determining the amount in controversy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).