United States Second Circuit

Denial of motion to remand a class action -- involving disgruntled customers of Blockbuster alleging that the "no late fee" program is a decptive forced sale scheme -- to state court is vacated as the district court made no findings and offered no explanation as to how it calculated the amount in controversy here to be more than $5 million, the jurisdictional amount.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/03/2006
• Decided 12/26/2006
• Published 12/26/2006

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge., Before CARDAMONE, WALKER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronen Sarraf, New York, N.Y. (Sarraf Gentile LLP, New York, NY;  Michael P. Malakoff, Malakoff Doyle & Finberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Raiff, Dallas, TX (Robert C. Walters, Jennifer B. Poppe, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Dallas, TX;  Steven Paradise, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.