What is the burden of proving that a claim is in excess of the statutory jurisdictional amount?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sec. Plans, Inc. v. Cuna Mut. Ins. Soc'y, 769 F.3d 807 (2nd Cir. 2014):
5 This is sufficient to establish subject-matter jurisdiction:
A party invoking the jurisdiction of the federal court has the burden of proving that it appears to a reasonable probability that the claim is in excess of the statutory jurisdictional amount. This burden is hardly onerous, however, for we recognize a rebuttable presumption that the face of the complaint is a good faith representation of the actual amount in controversy.
Scherer v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the U.S., 347 F.3d 394, 397 (2d Cir.2003) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).
5 This is sufficient to establish subject-matter jurisdiction:
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