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Diversity of citizenship accounted for two thirds or more
of tort cases concluded by trial in U.S. district courts.
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- Definitions:
- Diversity of citizenship cases -- Cases involving
actions in which the amount in
controversy exceeds $75,000 between
citizens or corporations of different
States; citizens or corporations
of a State and citizens or subjects of a foreign
country; citizens
or corporations of different States where citizens or subjects of
a
foreign country are additional parties; or a foreign state as
defined in Title 28 U.S.C.
Section 1603(a), as plaintiff, and citizens
of a State or different States.
- Federal question cases -- Cases involving the interpretation
and application
of the U.S. Constitution, acts of Congress, or treaties.
- U.S. Government defendant -- An action against agencies and
officers of the United States.
- Source: Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts,
2002-03, NCJ 208713
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