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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 102 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 Bush v. Butler.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Bush v. Butler Anchor
dcd · 2007
green “for jurisdiction to exist under 28 u.s.c. 1332 , there must be complete diversity between the parties, which is to say that the plaintiff may not be a citizen of the same state as any defendant.” 66
2 Freeport-McMoRan Inc. v. K N Energy, Inc.
scotus · 1991
green “assessed at the time the suit is filed.” 14
3 Kasib Tauheed Bilal v. Philip E. Kaplan, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas
ca8 · 1990
green “federal court jurisdiction must affirmatively appear clearly and distinctly.” 10
4 Meng v. Schwartz
dcd · 2004
green “the citizenship of every party to the action must be distinctly alleged in the complaint and cannot be established presumptively or by mere inference,” 9
5 Bush v. Butler
dcd · 2007
green “complete diversity between the parties, which is to say that the plaintiff may not be a citizen of the same state as any defendant.” 3

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