William R. Burns, on Behalf of Himself and as Representative of the Class Herein Defined v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

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• finding that separate and distinct interests existed where each class member had a separate insurance contract with the defendant
• “a plaintiff’s good faith Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly Once allegation is to be taken as true unless challenged”
• \The amount in controversy in a suit for injunctive relief is measured by the value to the plaintiff of the right sought to be enforced.\
• “While a [party’s] good faith 7 allegation is to be taken as true unless challenged, a [party] who has been challenged as to the amount in controversy has the burden of showing that the diversity jurisdiction requirements have been met.” (citation omitted)

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