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· 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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