abstract:Amount in controversy (sometimes called jurisdictional amount) is a term used in United States civil procedure to denote the amount at stake in a lawsuit, in particular in connection with a requirement that persons seeking to bring a lawsuit in a particular court must be suing for a certain minimum amount before that court may hear the case.
Although the 1960's broughtabreakthroughinfinding that an infantwould instinctively hold their breathifthey were underwater, a certainamount ofcontroversy hasalways surroundedtheissue.
He said the decision to auction the vehicle had "caused a fair amount of controversy, " with some people preferring it was left in the tunnels as a hidden memorial.