The following excerpt is from Sec. Plans, Inc. v. Cuna Mut. Ins. Soc'y, 769 F.3d 807 (2nd Cir. 2014):
5 This is sufficient to establish subject-matter jurisdiction:
A party invoking the jurisdiction of the federal court has the burden of proving that it appears to a reasonable probability that the claim is in excess of the statutory jurisdictional amount. This burden is hardly onerous, however, for we recognize a rebuttable presumption that the face of the complaint is a good faith representation of the actual amount in controversy.
Scherer v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the U.S., 347 F.3d 394, 397 (2d Cir.2003) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).
5 This is sufficient to establish subject-matter jurisdiction:
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