THE CAULDRON BOILS: SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION, AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY, AND DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP CLASS ACTIONS

Freer discusses his idea that the insertion of legislative history that contradicts the apparent effect of the stature and the contorted statutory interpretation that seeks to avoid the plain effect of the statute may result from lingering hostility to diversity of citizenship jurisdiction. He addresses the three approaches taken by the courts of appeals to the Zahn issue and comments on the drafting and interpretation of jurisdictional statutes.