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• holding that the face value of a life insurance policy was at issue where the insured sought equitable relief pertaining to the enforcement of a lapsed policy
• affirming a district court's finding that it had original jurisdiction over a removed case where the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the diversity-destroying defendant
• “Although Appellants’ letter offers further support for the valuation of the claims, we do not decide here whether a post-complaint settlement offer alone is sufficient to establish the requisite amount in controversy.”
• “[I] f they would receive the equitable relief that they have requested, they would be due the face value of their policies upon their death, ‘an event bound to happen.’ ’’(citation omitted)
• reviewing de novo challenges to subject matter jurisdiction
• “The issue of whether a suit is time-barred is a question of law, which properly may be resolved at the summary judgment stage if there are no genuine issues of material fact in dispute.” (citing Hallgren v. U.S. Dep't of Energy, 331 F.3d 588, 589 (8th Cir. 2003))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).