United States Seventh Circuit

A federal district court exercises the judicial power of the nation so if all the parties are US residents, then all class members and defendants live within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court, and if the class representatives and the defendants agree on venue, then individual class members have no complaint.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2001
• Published 10/04/2001

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arturo Jauregui, Jauregui & Cisneros, Chicago, IL, Amici Plaintiff., Jonathon M. Cyrluk, Stetler & Duffy, Chicago, IL, Paul Fine (argued), Daniels, Fine Israel & Schonbuch, Los Angeles, CA, for Intervenor-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert L. Graham,Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Howard William Foster, Johnson & Bell, Chicago, IL, Matthew J. Piers (argued), Gessler, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, IL, Timothy J. Crowley, Crowley & Douglas, Houston, TX, Craig M. Sico, Harris & Watts, Corpus Christi, TX, Nelson J. Roach, Nix Patterson & Roach, Daingerfield, TX, Stephen E. McConnico, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Charles J. Risch, Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop, Chicago, IL, Constantine L. Trela (argued), William F. Conlon, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee., Gail E. Lees, Theresa M. Melson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angelos, CA, for Defendant MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.