Legal Opinion
Shannon Leonard v. Enterprise Rent A Car
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 2002No. 00-10273PublishedCited by 340 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Shannon Leonard and Theresa Moore, as representatives of a class of Alabama citizens, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their diversity suit against seven car rental companies for failure to state a claim for relief. We conclude that the district court should have dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the amount in controversy does not exceed $75,000, as required under 28 U.S.C.. § 1332. 1 We therefore vacate the court’s judgment and direct the district court to remand the case to the state court.
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On October 2, 1997, the plaintiffs…
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- Miriam W. Williams v. Best Buy Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Tapscott v. MS Dealer Service Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
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