Legal Opinion
Village of Bedford Park v. Expedia, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 20, 2016No. Case No. 13 C 5633PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:
Fourteen Illinois municipalities, on behalf of a putative class of similarly situated municipalities, sued a number of online travel companies alleging that they failed to remit taxes owed under plaintiffs’ municipal hotel tax ordinances. Defendants removed the case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d) & 1453. In October 2014, plaintiffs moved to certify a class of 276 municipalities under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(1) and (b)(3), which the Court denied without prejudice to…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Village of Bedford Park v. Expedia, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- Village of Lombard v. Expedia, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017