H&D TIRE AND AUTOMOTIVE-HARDWARE v. PITNEY BOWES

No. 99-40430.

227 F.3d 326 (2000)

H&D TIRE AND AUTOMOTIVE-HARDWARE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, H&D Tire and Automotive-Hardware, Inc.; Beard Plumbing Co.; Jones & Jones, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PITNEY BOWES INC., et al., Defendants, Pitney Bowes Inc.; Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Cunningham (argued), Rosemary T. Snider, Samuel Franklin Baxter, McKool Smith, Dallas, TX, Britton David Monts, Steven Nelson Williams, Law Offices of Britton D. Monts, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael V. Ciresi (argued), Jan M. Conlin, Richard M. Martinez, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, Rickey Lawrence Faulkner, Thomas John Ward, Brown, McCarroll, Oaks and Hartline, Longview, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POLITZ, GIBSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge:

H&D Tire and Automotive-Hardware, Inc., Beard Plumbing Co., and Jones & Jones, Inc. appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to Pitney Bowes Inc. and Pitney Bowes Credit Corp. (collectively, Pitney Bowes). We conclude that the court did not have jurisdiction over this case because the amount in controversy requirement was not satisfied. We therefore vacate the district court's judgment and instruct it to remand this...

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