{"id":10736,"date":"2017-12-12T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10736"},"modified":"2018-09-03T03:55:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T03:55:49","slug":"diversity-jurisdiction-the-jurisdiction-of-a-federal-court-in-all-civil-actions-wherein-the-parties-involved-are-from-different-states-or-foreign-states-and-the-matter-in-controversy-exceeds-the","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10736","title":{"rendered":"diversity jurisdiction – jurisdiction of a federal court in all civil actions when parties are from different states (or foreign states) and the matter in controversy exceeds $75,000 in value"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This page is also continued\u00a0from Intro<\/a>\u00a0>>>> Jurisdiction<\/a>\u00a0>>>>\u00a0Municipal, County, State, Federal, & Tribal Courts<\/a>\u00a0>>>>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Federal Courts<\/a>\u00a0>>>> Jurisdiction of Federal Courts<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from Represent Yourself in Court; How to Prepare & Try a Winning Cas<\/em>e<\/a> (7th ed.) by by Paul Bergman and Sara J. Berman (NOLO):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“Federal district courts also have subject matter jurisdiction if you are suing a citizen of a different state (or a foreign national), and you are asking for at least $75,000 in money damages.\u00a0 (This monetary floor may be responsible for the old satying, “Don’t make a federal case out of it.”)\u00a0 Don’t be fooled by the “subject matter jurisdiction” label.\u00a0 If a federal court has jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship, the subject matter fo the case doesn’t matter.\u00a0 Examples of federal diversity jurisdiction include:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n