Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Koch Oil Co. of Texas Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 2003No. 02-21378PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
This case comes to us on an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). At issue is the proper way to measure the amount in controversy, required for federal diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, in the context of a suit seeking-, inter alia, an equitable accounting. The district court held that the defendants’ costs for performing the accounting may be considered in calculating the amount in controversy. We reverse.
I. STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On September 3, 1999, Plaintiffs Hector H. Garcia and Inland Ocean, Inc. 1 filed a putative class…
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