Gilmer v. Walt Disney Co.

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• noting that allowing Rule 8(a) to bar diversity jurisdiction “would allow state rules of procedure to determine whether federal jurisdiction existed. . . . We are unwilling to allow a state procedural rule to have such force” (citations omitted)
• if the complaint pleads damages in a specific amount less than the minimum for diversity jurisdiction, the defendant must prove to a legal certainty that the amount exceeds the jurisdictional threshold to avoid remand
• “Plaintiff is generally regarded as the master of his or her complaint and can therefore bar removal if the complaint pleads damages in a specific amount less than the jurisdictional requisite for removal based on diversity of citizenship.”

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