Volume 95 - Issue 5
Note: Diversity Jurisdiction and Injunctive Relief: Using "Moving-Party Approach" to Value the Amount in Controversy
By Christopher A. Pinahs. Full text here. A necessary requirement for federal diversity jurisdiction is that the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. Injunctions, however, are not a sum certain, and courts often struggle to value this intangible form of relief for purposes of diversity jurisdiction. Further compounding this problem is the fact that injunctions often differentially…
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