Legal Opinion
Kieffer v. TRAVELERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 31, 1958No. Civ. 10831PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs’ motion to remand this case to the Circuit Court for Cecil County turns on the proper construction of P.L. 85-554, 72 Stat. 415, which amended several sections of the Judicial Code, including 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332, prescribing the jurisdictional requirements in diversity cases. So amended, sec. 1332 requires that the amount in controversy exceed the sum of $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs, rather than $3,000 as formerly required. We are particularly concerned with sec. 3 of P.L. 85-554 which provides that the act shall apply only in the case of actions…
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