Smith v. TELE-TOWN HALL, LLC

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

This case presents the question, unresolved in this circuit, whether the jurisdictionally required amount in controversy with respect to a motion to confirm an arbitration award should be based solely on the original amount claimed in the arbitration demand or should instead be based only on the amount remaining in issue following the award.

For the reasons that follow, the amount demanded in the arbitration controls the determination of the amount in controversy in a motion to confirm an arbitration award. Accordingly, diversity jurisdiction…