Garcia v. Koch Oil Co. of Texas Inc.

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• holding that potential costs or collateral losses to defendants could not be considered in determining amount in controversy
• holding that the “party seeking to invoke federal diversity jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing both that the parties are diverse and that the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000”
• holding that the defendant may prove claims by demonstrating that the claims are likely above $75,000 or by setting forth facts in controversy that support a finding of the requisite amount
• holding amounts “collateral to the true object of the litigation” do not affect amount in controversy
• noting that the amount sought by the plaintiff constitutes the amount in controversy “if the claim is apparently made in good faith.”
• explaining that “the amount in controversy is measured by the value of the object of the litigation”

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