6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 56 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 Tongkook America, Inc. v. Shipton Sportswear Company.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tongkook America, Inc. v. Shipton Sportswear Company Anchor | green | “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.” | 21 |
| 2 | Barbara D. Scherer v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States | green | “a rebuttable presumption that the face of the complaint is a good faith representation of the actual amount in controversy.” | 19 |
| 3 | Barbara D. Scherer v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States | green | “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.” | 6 |
| 4 | The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v. American National Bank And Trust Company Of Chicago | green | “even where the allegations leave grave doubt about the likelihood of a recovery of the requisite amount, dismissal is not warranted.” | 5 |
| 5 | Colavito v. New York Organ Donor Network | green | “the defendant must show that the complaint 'was so patently deficient as to reflect to a legal certainty that the plaintiff could not recover the amount alleged or that the damages alleged were feigned to satisfy jurisdictional minimums.” | 3 |
| 6 | Colavito v. New York Organ Donor Network | green | “to a legal certainty that the plaintiff could not recover the amount alleged or that the damages alleged were feigned to satisfy jurisdictional minimums.” | 2 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.