context: Another tactic is to characterize a case as involving equitable claims rather than damages, or artfully pleading, in bad faith, an amount of damages less than the $50,000.00 minimum jurisdictional amount.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: remand should have been granted where complaint did not allege injuries "facially likely" to exceed $50,000.00
citation_a.sentence: See e.g., Marcel v. Pool Company, 5 F.3d 81 (5th Cir.1993) (remand properly denied where complaint “facially apparent” that damages could easily exceed $50,000.00); cf. Asociación Nacional de Pescadores v. Dow Química, 988 F.2d 559 (5th Cir.1993) (remand should have been granted where complaint did not allege injuries “facially likely” to exceed $50,000.00).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: remand properly denied where complaint "facially apparent" that damages could easily exceed $50,000.00
citation_b.sentence: See e.g., Marcel v. Pool Company, 5 F.3d 81 (5th Cir.1993) (remand properly denied where complaint “facially apparent” that damages could easily exceed $50,000.00); cf. Asociación Nacional de Pescadores v. Dow Química, 988 F.2d 559 (5th Cir.1993) (remand should have been granted where complaint did not allege injuries “facially likely” to exceed $50,000.00).