Erienet, Inc. Sandra MacKenzie John Knauer Frank Mezler, Jr. v. Velocity Net, Inc. Thomas Dylewski Chad Ferenack

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider the unique and apparently unprecedented question of whether federal district courts, have jurisdiction over consumer lawsuits brought under a federal statute that creates a private cause of action, is silent as to whether such actions can be brought in federal courts, but expressly refers consumer claims to state courts. Appellant ErieNet, Inc., ah Internet service provider, and. the individual appellants, ErieNet subscribers, brought suit in federal district court under the private enforcement provision of the…