McPhail v. Deere & Co.

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• recognizing that § 1332(a) requires complete diversity among the parties—i.e., “the citizenship of all defendants must be different from the citizenship of all plaintiffs”
• holding that Rule 408 does not prohibit the use of settlement offers in determining the amount in controversy for purposes of establishing diversity jurisdiction
• noting that to maintain federal court jurisdiction, “all the plaintiff needs to do is allege an amount in excess of $75,000 and he will get his way”
• stating that a proposed settlement amount is relevant evidence of the amount in controversy if it appears to reasonably estimate the claim
• stating that a proposed settlement amount is relevant evidence of the amount in controversy if it appears to reasonably estimate the claim
• concluding defendants properly could estimate “potential damages from the allegations in the complaint” to satisfy their removal burden

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).