Legal Opinion
Abraham v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 26, 1986No. 367, Docket 85-7552PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
This litigation originated as a class action suit brought under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2301-2312 (1982) (“Magnuson-Moss,” “the Act”), involving alleged defects in the oil systems of Volkswagen Rabbits. The district court dismissed the class action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. It concluded that *241only 75 of the 119 named plaintiffs had viable claims for relief, and thus that the Act’s unique jurisdictional provision requiring a minimum of 100 named plaintiffs to bring a class action in a federal court had not been satisfied. The remaining…
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