Legal Opinion
Norwood Lumber Corporation v. McKean
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 1946No. 8986PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered following a direction for the defendant in a cause tried to a jury.
Both in his direction to the jury and in a, subsequently filed opinion the learned District Judge seems to say that a plaintiff must prove damages of $3000 or more before it can recover. This is not the law. In a case brought to a federal court on grounds of diversity only, as this one was, the plaintiff must allege an amount in controversy of $3000 or more. But federal jurisdiction is not lost by…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Thomson v. GaskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Oliver v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Wheless v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Rineer v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Walter Jaconski v. Avisun Corporation and W. v. Pangborne & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Walpole v. Prefab Manufacturing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1951
- Bromberg v. MoulCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainment v. The Denver And Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Cumberland v. Household Research Corp. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1956
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