United States Ninth Circuit

In determining whether a diversity case meets the minimum jurisdictional amount, the defendant's potential cost in complying with injunctive relief will not satisfy the amount in class action cases.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/2001
• Decided 09/06/2001
• Published 09/06/2001

Judges

• WALLACE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BROWNING, WALLACE, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sidney R. Snyder, Jr.,Esq., Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, Seattle, Washington;  John H. Beisner, Esq., Brian C. Anderson, Brian P. Brooks (argued), on the brief, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant Citibank., Steve W. Berman, Esq., Hagens and Berman, Seattle, Washington;  John H. Alexander, Alexander, Fennerty & Associates, Chicago, Illinois;  Michael J. Rosenfeld, Kalb, Rosenfeld & Essig, Commack, New York;  Roger W. Kirby, Kaufman, Malchman, Kirby & Squire, New York, New York;  James G. Lewis, Los Angeles, California;  Michael L. Williams, Williams & Troutwine, Portland, Oregon;  Russell Jackson Drake, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, for the plaintiffs-appellees., Bruce M. Berman, Natacha D. Steimer, and Christopher R. Lipsett, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C.;  Thomas L. Boeder, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for defendant Citibank (South Dakota), N.A.