Snyder v. Harris (Gas Service Co. v. Coburn)

In two consolidated cases, named plaintiffs Snyder and Coburn each held individual claims (roughly $8,740 and $7.81, respectively) far below the jurisdictional amount then required, though the classes' aggregate claims exceeded it; the lower courts split, with Snyder's case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because her individual claim was insufficient, while Coburn's case allowed aggregation under amended Rule 23, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari to resolve the conflict.