· 1/25/1999
Meritcare Incorporated Meritcare Ventures, Inc. Quinlan Medical, Inc. v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company
Citations
- 166 F.3d 214
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 888
- 1999 WL 25725
How courts have described this case
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- holding that § 1367 did not overrule the Zahn requirement for claims by Rule 20 plaintiffs
- stating that joinder and class action cases both require each plaintiff with a distinct and separate claim to meet the amount in controversy requirement
- noting that the facts and all inferences that may be drawn therefrom must be viewed in the light most favorable to the non-movant
- noting that the facts and all inferences that may be drawn therefrom must be viewed in the light most favorable to the non-movant
- finding “that there is sufficient ambiguity in the statute to make resort to the legislative history appropriate”
- ordering remand to state court when post-removal statements made clear that damages did not exceed jurisdictional threshold “at the moment of removal”
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Judges: MeKEE, Rendell, Weis
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