Legal Opinion
Budget Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Higashiguchi
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1997No. Nos. 94-15932, 94-16510PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. sought in federal court a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or indemnify Alan Stauber or Tammie Deponte for the injuries George and Sharon Higashiguchi sustained in an incident involving a Budget rental car. The district court found that the amount in controversy did not exceed the $50,000 jurisdictional requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and granted the Higashiguchis’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Budget appeals the dismissal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse the district…
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