Legal Opinion
Schwartz v. Victory Container Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 13, 1969No. 66 Civ. 1015PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEVET, District Judge.
In this diversity case and on my own motion, pursuant to the duty imposed upon federal courts to scrutinize jurisdictional requirements, I have raised the question of whether or not, as presented in the complaint itself, this “matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs, * * *” as required by Title 28 U.S.C. A.§ 1332(a).
In attempting to resolve this question I held a hearing on December 13, 1968, at which counsel for the parties appeared, and I asked counsel for the plaintiff to state the specific claims of the matter…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Clarke E. Davenport v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association and Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- William P. Gray v. Occidental Life Insurance Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Commercial Casualty Ins. Co. v. FowlesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946
- Young v. MainCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Richard B. Keck v. Fidelity and Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by9 opinions
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