Legal Opinion
Usery v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2010No. 09-1113PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
After James and Rhonda Usery brought this suit in an Arkansas state court to quiet title to a mineral interest, the defendants, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Hailwood Energy, L.P., removed it to federal court, asserting that there was diversity jurisdiction over the case. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441(a), 1332(a). When the Userys moved to remand the action because the amount in controversy did not exceed $75,000, the district court denied the motion. The Userys appealed and we reverse the order and remand the case to the district court with directions to remand it to the…
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