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The damages claimed or relief demanded. jurisdiction of a court may depend upon the amount in controversy . By the amount in controversy in federal court action is meant the value of the right asserted by plaintiff , and this value alone, and not the collateral effect of a judgment on matters not directly involved in the action, can be considered in making up the judicial amount. See Manufacturers Cas. Ins. Co. v Coker, 16 F.R.D. 208.

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