Burgess v. Charlottesville Savings and Loan Ass'n

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This action originally was brought in the Corporation Court of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, and removed to this court on December 3, 1971, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1441(c). The amount in controversy exceeds $10,000 and the case involves construction and interpretation of federal law, to-wit, the federal Truth-In-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.; 12 C.F.R. §§ 226.1 et seq., thereby satisfying the jurisdictional requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1331(a).

Plaintiff’s original action in the Corporation Court was an action for breach of…