The following excerpt is from NewGen, LLC v. Safe Cig, LLC, 840 F.3d 606 (9th Cir. 2016):
We next examine de novo whether subject matter jurisdiction existed. AZ Int'l v. Phillips , 323 F.3d 1141, 1145 (9th Cir. 2003). The party seeking to invoke the district court's diversity jurisdiction always bears the burden of both
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