United States Ninth Circuit

The argument that 28 USC 1367 overrules the requirement that each class member have the minimum amount in controversy to satisfy diversity requirement is not frivolous to warrant sanctions where appellate courts have split on the issue.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/14/2000
• Decided 08/20/2001
• Published 08/20/2001

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, HALL, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Francis O. Scarpulla, San Francisco, California;  Guido Saveri and Richard Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, San Francisco, California;  Eric D. Freed and Michael J. Freed, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, Illinois;  W. Ruel Walker, Oakland, California;  Steven W. Berman and Paul Weiss, Hagens and Berman, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiffs-appellees., Charles A. Newman and Peter Herzog, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, Missouri;  Kevin J. Dunne, Linda N. Ha, and Cynthia H. Plevin, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellant.