Counterclaim Filing Triggers Removal Clock When Amount-in-Controversy Threshold First Satisfied

In The Bakery v. Naterra Int'l, Division 3 held that plaintiffs' removal was timely under Section 25A.006(f)(1)(B) because the 30-day clock began when defendant filed counterclaims exceeding $60 million that first brought the action within the Court's $5 million jurisdictional minimum. The decision rejects the argument that pre-suit threats to assert counterclaims can start the removal clock before those counterclaims are actually pleaded.