LAW 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, Federal-Question Jurisdiction
1 Jun 2020
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Statute 1332(a: federal courts have jurisdiction where amount in. 1332(a) controversy exceeds ,000 and is between. Diversity of citizenship: citizens of different states, citizens of a state and citizens of foreign states. Exception: no federal jurisdiction b/t a citizen of a state and citizens of a foreign state who are lawfully admitted in u. s. and are domiciles in the same state. Page 1 of 3: the intention to remain there, amount in controversy must be plaintiff"s good faith allegation. If p made good faith allegation of amount in question, but. 1332 (b) is rewarded less than ,000, p may have to pay costs for the other side. If you don"t recover, don"t get your costs, you may have to pay the other sides attorney"s fees: for this section and section 1441. 1332 (c )(1: a corporation is a citizen of every state and foreign state where it is incorporated or has its principal place of business.
