Legal Opinion
Spivey v. Vertrue, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 2008No. 08-8009PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Quinten Spivey filed suit in state court, seeking to represent a class of persons who do business with Vertrue, a marketer that offers discounts to customers who use its services. Spivey maintains that Ver-true “systematically” submits unauthorized charges. Spivey proposed to represent a class of persons whose credit cards had been charged without authorization through 22 of Vertrue’s programs.
Vertrue removed the proceeding to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1453, a part of the Class Action Fairness Act, which allows removal when the class action could have been…
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