Jackson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a $155,000 settlement demand was insufficient to support removal, because it did not include information to support the amount demanded
• explaining that a demand for a lump sum amount “without the slightest suggestion how in the world the plaintiff[] could support such a figure,” is considered nothing more than mere posturing
• distinguishing between settlement offers that “reflect puffing and posturing” from those that provide specific information to suggest that the letter offers a reasonable assessment of the value of the claim
• A settlement offer has “little weight” in the amount-in- controversy calculus when it merely “reflect[s] puffing and posturing.”
• A settlement offer has “little weight” in the amount-in-controversy calculus when it merely “reflect[s] puffing and posturing”
• A settlement offer has “little weight” in the amount-in-controversy calculus when it merely “reflect[s] puffing and posturing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Scaralto v. Ferrell
  S.D. West Virginia· 2011-11-29· cited 33×
• Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Dubose
  S.D. Alabama· 2016-04-12· cited 6×
• Dewitte v. Foremost Insurance
  M.D. Florida· 2016-03-17· cited 5×
• Cate v. Service Corp. International
  M.D. Alabama· 2011-09-06

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1936-05-18· cited 4,144×
• Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets
  Supreme Court· 1941-04-28· cited 2,267×
• Ennis Nettles v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-05-17· cited 2,033×
• Jacqueline Burns v. Windsor Insurance Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-09-13· cited 933×
• Williams v. McNeil
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-10· cited 818×
• Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.
  Supreme Court· 1921-11-07· cited 809×
• Katie Lowery v. Honeywell International, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-04-11· cited 806×
• Charles Lewis v. Freddie Smith, Mark Smith and Arnold Holt
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-09-19· cited 291×
• Sierminski v. Transouth Financial Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-06-26· cited 214×
• Eldon Lindsey v. Alabama Telephone Company, a Corporation, Continental Telephone Company of the South, a Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-07-12· cited 54×
• Frazier v. U.S. Airways, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-06-02· cited 51×
• Robinson v. Quality Insurance
  S.D. Alabama· 1986-04-23· cited 33×
• Golden Apple Management Co. v. GEAC Computers, Inc.
  M.D. Alabama· 1998-01-13· cited 30×
• Golden v. Dodge-Markham Co., Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1998-04-17· cited 25×
• Standridge v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 1996-09-18· cited 12×