Jamil Abdul-Alim Amin v. Universal Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee

The plaintiff, Jamil Abdui-Alim Amin, commenced this breach-of-contraet action in the federal district court on August 1, 1982. In its motion to dismiss, filed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b), the defendant, Universal Life Insurance Company, maintained, inter alia, that the federal court did not have jurisdiction to entertain the plaintiff’s claim and that the claim was' barred by the state period of prescription. After the plaintiff amended his complaint to include allegations that there was diversity of citizenship between the parties and that the relief sought was greater than the…