· 9/8/2010
Scottsdale Insurance v. Universal Crop Protection Alliance, LLC
Citations
- 620 F.3d 926
- 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 18739
- 2010 WL 3489045
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that diversity jurisdiction was proper where “it did not appear to a legal certainty that the amount in controversy was less” than what was alleged
- explaining that courts consider the probable costs of defense and indemnification of the underlying litigation less any applicable deductible when calculating the amount in controversy
- “a complaint that alleges the jurisdictional amount in good faith will suffice to confer jurisdiction, but the complaint will be dismissed if it ‘appear[s] to a legal certainty that the claim is really for less than the jurisdictional amount’”
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Judges: Riley, Gibson, Murphy
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