Middle Atlantic Distributors, Inc. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where a plaintiff is not seeking more than $75,000, it is legally certain that jurisdictional facts do not establish a sufficient amount in controversy to qualify for federal subject-matter jurisdiction
• finding that the absolute maximum plaintiff could recover in the case was less than $1,000
• analyzing an Equal Protection challenge, and the 6 difference between facial invalidity, selective enforcement, and First Amendment as- 7 applied challenge
• rejecting proposition “that more than $75,000 [was] at issue because of the possibility that [one defendant] could offensively deploy . . . [the plaintiff’s] declaratory judgment victory to hold [another defendant] liable”

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