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$75K is merely the minimum in damages required to sue in Federal Court; see page 2 of their complaint, #3: "This action involves a dispute between citizens of d
by hga 10y ago
$75K is merely the minimum in damages required to sue in Federal Court; see page 2 of their complaint, #3: "This action involves a dispute between citizens of different states and the amount in controversy is in excess of $75,000. Accordingly this Court's jurisdiction is invoked under 28 USC § 1332...."
See e.g. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1332# https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1332# for that bit of law, this is what's required to literally make it a Federal case. We can be quite sure they'll be asking for more in due course, if the case gets anywhere (it takes some effort e.g. $$ to lawyers to establish specific damages to a court's satisfaction).
- dragonwriter 10y ago> $75K is merely the minimum in damages required to sue in Federal Court; Strictly speaking, $75K is the minimum amount in controversy required for federal courts to exercise diversity jurisdiction (where the requisite diversity of citizenship exists); other routes to federal jurisdiction (particularly, federal question jurisdiction) to which such a minimum does not apply.