Jacqueline Burns v. Windsor Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that any questions or doubts are to be resolved in favor of returning the case to state court
• holding that any questions or doubts are to be resolved in favor of returning the case to state court
• presuming that plaintiff’s counsel recognizes that representations regarding amount in controversy “have important legal consequences and, therefore, raise significant ethical implications for a court officer”
• stating that the plaintiff “ha[d] offered to settle the case for $45,000,” and reasoning that, “[w]hile this settlement offer, by itself, may not be determinative, it counts for something”
• stating “settlement offer, by itself, may not be determinative, [but] it counts for something”
• “We will not assume—unless given reason to do so—that plaintiffs counsel has falsely represented, or simply does not appreciate, the value of his client’s case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).