Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens

Holding removal notice need only contain short and plain statement of grounds for court's jurisdiction

Hertz Corp. v. Friend

Holding that a corporation's principal place of business is “the place where a corporation's officers direct, control, and coordinate the corporation's activities”

Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing

Holding that, where defendant was faxed a courtesy copy of a filed complaint, defendant's time to remove is not triggered "by mere receipt of the complaint unattended by any formal service"

Kanter v. Warner-Lambert Co.

Holding that remand for defective diversity allegations was unreviewable even though the removing defendant "could potentially have cured its defective allegations regarding citizenship by amending its notice of removal"

Ibarra v. Manheim Invs., Inc.

Holding that it is sufficient to "contest[ an] assumption" without "assert[ing] an alternative [assumption] grounded in real evidence"

Singer v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.

Holding plaintiff's admission in open court established amount in controversy

Luckett v. Delta Airlines, Inc.

Holding that plaintiff's alleged damages for property damage, travel expenses, an emergency ambulance trip, a stay in the hospital, and pain and suffering met the jurisdictional amount

Gibson v. Chrysler Corp.

Holding that the value of unnamed class members' claims cannot satisfy the amount-in-controversy requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1367

Rodriguez v. AT & T Mobility Servs. LLC

Holding that “we are bound by prior panel decisions ... and can only reexamine them when their ‘reasoning or theory’ of that authority is ‘clearly irreconcilable’ with the reasoning or theory of intervening higher authority”

Galt G/S v. JSS Scandinavia

Holding that attorney's fees can be counted toward the amount in controversy requirement when a statute allows such fees

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Section 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

Holding district court has jurisdiction over action between diverse citizens "where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000"

Section 1331 - Federal question

Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction

Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"

Section 157 - Procedures

Determining the validity, extent, or priority of liens

Section 1441 - Removal of civil actions

Holding that “[a]ny civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the ... laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties.”

Rule 23 - Class Actions

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Section 1404 - Change of venue

Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR

Section 1446 - Procedure for removal of civil actions

Granting a defendant 30 days to remove after receipt of the first pleading that sets forth a removable claim

Section 158 - Appeals

Granting district courts appellate jurisdiction over "final judgments, orders, and decrees" of bankruptcy courts

Section 2-30.001 - Written Statement Explaining Consumer Rights Under Chapter 681, Florida Statutes; Hearings Before Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board