FOLLIS v. INTERSTATE MOTEL LODGES # 6, INC.

Civ. A. No. 76-355.

423 F.Supp. 586 (1976)

James FOLLIS et al. v. INTERSTATE MOTEL LODGES # 6, INC.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

December 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy J. Wells, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

Peter Lawson Kennedy, Providence, R. I., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

Defendant moves to dismiss the instant action for want of jurisdiction based on its contention that the amount in controversy in this case is not in excess of $10,000 exclusive of interest and costs, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1970) (federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship).

The $10,000 figure is, of course, jurisdictional; and where it appears to a legal certainty that the amount...

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