Redevelopment Authority v. City of Hope Nationall Medical Center

MEMORANDUM

GORBEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, is an instrumentality of the City of Philadelphia, a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Plaintiff has filed a motion to remand to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, the cause of action which had been removed to this court by the defendant, a California corporation.

The motion to remand is based upon the contention that this court lacks original jurisdiction because the amount in controversy is not in excess of $10,000 as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332, although…