PLEADING UNLIQUIDATED DAMAGES

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Rule Set: Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Rule: 8

Jurisdiction: WDPA

Bluebook Citation: W.D. Pa. L.R. 8

All Rules: W.D. Pa. Local Rules, complete index


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No party shall set forth in a pleading originally filed with this Court a specific dollar amount of unliquidated damages in a pleading except as may be necessary to invoke the diversity jurisdiction of the Court or to otherwise comply with any rule, statute or regulation which requires that a specific amount in controversy be pled in order to state a claim for relief or to invoke the jurisdiction of the Court.

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