Legal Opinion
Suzanne Cahnmann, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Sprint Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 1998No. 97-2088PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Sprint, a communications common carrier regulated by the FCC, was sued by customers of Sprint’s “Fridays Free” long-distance calling promotion in a class action originally filed in an Illinois state court. The suit was removed to federal district court, and judgment was soon entered for Sprint. The district judge ruled that although the complaint does not allege any violation of federal law and there is no diversity of citizenship, the suit was removable because the sort of claim that the class is making can arise only under federal, and not under state, law.…
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