Diversity Jurisdiction The power of the federal courts to decide civil disputes between citizens of different states, provided the amount the plaintiff seeks in damages exceeds an amount set by Congress (currently $75,000).
Diversity Jurisdiction definition:
Jurisdiction of a US federal court to dispose of a matter meeting a monetary threshold even though it involves residents of different states.
Diversity Jurisdiction
"Provision enabling a federal court to rule in a case that involves parties from two different states. However, there must be greater than $75,000 worth of damages being sought.
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diversity jurisdiction: 28 U.S.C. ยง1332 (also Art. III, Sec. 2, U.S. Const.); a shorthand phrase for one of the kinds of cases over which federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction, i.e.
Diversity jurisdiction
Definition
: the jurisdiction granted to federal courts over civil disputes involving parties having diverse citizenship (as in being from different states) ...
DIVERSITY JURISDICTION - if the amount in controversy exceeded $50,000 and plaintiff and defendants have diverse citizenships. See 28 U.S.C. S 1332.
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Federal diversity jurisdiction permits suits in which a party commences a suit between diverse citizens with an alien as an additional named party on either or both sides of the suit. Alienage must exist at the time that the cause of action commences.
 See also: Jurisdiction, Court, State, Cases, Federal
  
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