Legal Opinion
Tom Everett v. Verizon Wireless, Inc., Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2006No. 05-3557PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in state court, and defendants removed it to federal court on diversity grounds. Contending that the claims did not satisfy the $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement, plaintiffs moved to remand the case to state court. The district court denied the remand motion.
After the court rejected plaintiffs’ claims on the merits, plaintiffs appealed, insisting that the district court never had jurisdiction over the case. We agree. Each individual claim falls below the $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement. And Dobson Cellular may not…
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