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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 119 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission.

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1 Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission Anchor
scotus · 1977
green “in actions seeking declaratory or injunctive relief, it is well established that the amount in controversy is measured by the value of the object of the litigation.” 88
2 Dixon v. Edwards
ca4 · 2002
green “the pecuniary result to either party which a judgment would produce.” 9
3 Dixon v. Edwards
ca4 · 2002
green “in this circuit, it is settled that the test for determining the amount in controversy in a diversity proceeding is 'the pecuniary result to either party which a judgment would produce.” 7
4 Michael Scott v. Cricket Communications, LLC
ca4 · 2017
green “when a plaintiff's complaint leaves the amount of damages unspecified, the defendant must provide evidence to show what the stakes of litigation are given the plaintiff's actual demands.” 6
5 Thomas Francis v. Allstate Insurance Company
ca4 · 2013
green “if a complaint 'does not allege a specific amount of damages, the removing defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy exceeds 75,000.” 5
6 Lanier v. Norfolk Southern Corp.
ca4 · 2007
green “the question is not what damages the plaintiff will recover, but what amount is in controversy between the parties.” 4

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