Diversity jurisdiction
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diversity-jurisdiction-286-5579548
title:
Diversity jurisdiction
text:
In the law of the United States, diversity jurisdiction is a form of subject-matter jurisdiction that gives United States federal courts the power to hear lawsuits that do not involve a federal question. For a federal court to have diversity jurisdiction over a lawsuit, two conditions must be met. First, there must be "diversity of citizenship" between the parties, meaning the plaintiffs must be citizens of different U.S. states than the defendants. Second, the lawsuit's "amount in controversy"
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U.S. court jurisdiction over persons of different states or nationalities
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_jurisdiction
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2024-03-31T03:22:34Z
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