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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" must be more than $75,000. If a lawsuit does not ...
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that the United States does not have a general federal common law and that U.S. federal courts must apply state law, not federal law, to lawsuits between parties from different states that do not involve federal questions.
The Erie doctrine is a fundamental legal doctrine of civil procedure in the United States which mandates that a federal court called upon to resolve a dispute not directly implicating a federal question (most commonly when sitting in diversity jurisdiction, but also when applying supplemental jurisdiction to claims factually related to a federal question or in an adversary proceeding in ...
Starbucks and other companies have expanded efforts to promote workforce diversity in recent years to expand their customer base, improve employee retention and prevent discrimination lawsuits.
Nearly 40 suits allege that an array of corporations — including Wells Fargo & Co. and Delta Air Lines — The post Dozens of lawsuits filed after companies fail to fulfill diversity promises ...
The lawsuit against Target is the latest conservative attack on companies’ efforts to promote diversity in employee representation, customer marketing and other areas. The suit comes almost a ...
Generally, removal jurisdiction exists only if, at the time plaintiff filed the action in state court, the federal court had a basis for exercising subject-matter jurisdiction over the action, such as diversity of citizenship of the parties or where plaintiff's action involves a claim under federal law. If removal is based solely on diversity ...
San Francisco County is leading a multi-jurisdiction lawsuit against the Trump administration's crackdown against immigrant sanctuary policies. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)