Summary
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California remanded this putative class action to California state court. The court determined that the defendant had not established by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdictional threshold, and the defendant did not oppose remand.
Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Jurisdiction
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Decision date
December 8, 2025
Docket number
25-cv-09553-JSC
Disposition
remanded
Questions Presented
- Whether the federal court had subject matter jurisdiction based on diversity jurisdiction when Defendant failed to establish that the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdictional threshold.
- Whether the action should be remanded to California state court.
Holdings
- When the amount in controversy is unclear or ambiguous from the face of the state-court complaint, the removing defendant bears the burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional threshold. Defendant failed to meet that burden.
Court Document
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