Legal Opinion
Willie May Anthony v. Security Pacific Financial Services, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 1996No. 95-1673PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Willie May Anthony is a member of a class of forty-nine plaintiffs who claim that a bank used unfair and deceptive practices to induce them to borrow money for home improvements. Plaintiffs eventually settled with the bank. Because Security Pacific, which had purchased the loans, discarded some loan documents that plaintiffs needed under the settlement agreement, plaintiffs sued in federal court. The question here is whether these class action plaintiffs who seek compensatory and punitive damages under Illinois law meet the minimum jurisdictional amount for diversity…
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