Legal Opinion
Windsor v. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance
District Court, D. Idaho
Decided May 4, 1988No. Civ. 88-1025PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CALLISTER, Chief Judge.
The Court has before it a motion by the defendant Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co. to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(1). The defendant asserts that the plaintiff Benny J. Windsor has not stated an amount in controversy exceeding $10,000 as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a).
The allegations in the complaint are as follows. The plaintiff obtained insurance from the defendant through a creditor to guaranty a monthly payment to the creditor of $273.85 in the event that the plaintiff became totally…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Schlesinger v. CouncilmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Kuehn Ex Rel. Kuehn v. Shelcore, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1988
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