Opinion ID: 760942
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Heading: Keles v. Yale University

Text: 17 In Keles, plaintiff claimed the university (1) fraudulently induced him to become its employee by promising him admission to its graduate program; (2) breached an implicit educational agreement by refusing admission; and (3) owed him $13,500 for failing to pay his stipend. The district court granted summary judgment on the first two claims, imposed Rule 11 sanctions because these claims had absolutely no chance of success, and then dismissed the remaining $13,500 claim on the ground that, to a legal certainty, the complaint did not allege an amount in controversy in excess of the statutory minimum. Keles, 889 F.Supp. at 733-36. Keles does not stand for the proposition that once the amount in controversy falls below the jurisdictional minimum, the district court may in its discretion dismiss the remaining diversity claims. Keles applied the legal certainty test announced in St. Paul. Keles, 889 F.Supp. at 735. As the ruling on sanctions illustrates, the complaint never contained a good faith allegation sufficient to support diversity.