Legal Opinion
Kahal v. J. W. Wilson & Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 23, 1982No. 81-1923PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue on this appeal is whether or not a claim for punitive damages was sufficient to give the District Court subject matter jurisdiction in this diversity action which otherwise failed to satisfy the $10,000 jurisdictional amount requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1976). We affirm the District Court’s order dismissing the complaint.
Appellant Kahal was employed as an economist by J. W. Wilson & Associates, Inc. from August, 1977, until September, 1980. According to the complaint Kahal worked considerable overtime during the spring of 1980 with the understanding that he would receive…
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