Penn v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• placing the burden on the removing party to demonstrate that it is “more likely than not” that the amount in controversy is satisfied
• “Where the complaint is ‘open-ended’ and does not allege a specified amount, the district court should perform its ‘own independent appraisal of the value of the claim.’” (quoting Angus, 989 F.2d at 145-46)
• “In the absence of Third Circuit precedent on the issue of what the defendant needs to show to satisfy the amount in controversy requirement when the plaintiff alleges unspecified damages, the Court will adopt the preponderance of the evidence standard.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).