Jeffrey Jones Danny Branham Judith Branham and Randy Bradley v. Knox Exploration Corporation

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• dismissing case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where subsequent discovery disclosed that amount in controversy never met jurisdictional minimum
• finding federal jurisdiction ordinarily depends on the facts as they exist at the time of removal
• “Since no subsequent event occurred to reduce the amount in controversy, this can only mean that the plaintiffs’ claims never satisfied the jurisdictional requirement.”
• “[L]ack of the jurisdictional amount from the outset—although not recognized until later—is not a subsequent change that can be ignored.”
• “[lack of the jurisdictional amount from the outset—although not recognized until later—is not a subsequent change that can be ignored.” (quoting 1 Moore’s Federal Practice 0.92[1] (2d ed.1993))
• “[L]ack of the jurisdictional amount from the outset—although not recognized until later—is not a subsequent change that can be ignored.” (quoting 1 Moore’s Federal Practice ¶ 0.92[1] (2d ed. 1993))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).