Thatcher v. Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a court abuses its discretion “when an irrelevant or improper factor is considered and given significant weight”
• “[A]ny prejudice to defendants was limited because the case had not progressed 13 beyond the pleading stage.”
• “[I]n a diversity action a plaintiff may not merely amend his complaint after removal to claim damages below the jurisdictional amount and deprive the federal court of jurisdiction.”
• “Prejudice does not arise simply because a second action has been or may be filed against the defendant, which is often the whole point in dismissing a case without prejudice.”
• “Under the St. Paul Mercury rule, in a diversity action a plaintiff may not merely amend his complaint after removal to claim damages below the jurisdictional amount and deprive the federal court of jurisdiction.”
• “In addressing whether a district court should allow voluntary dismissal, we 23 have repeatedly stated that it is inappropriate for a plaintiff to use voluntary dismissal as an avenue for seeking a more favorable forum.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).