Legal Opinion
Mayo v. Key Financial Services Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 18, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-12797-HPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HARRINGTON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs initially filed this proposed class action in Suffolk Superior Court, alleging violations- of the Massachusetts Truth in Lending Act, Mass.Gen.L. cji. 140D, § 1 et seq. The defendants then removed the case to this Court on the basis of diversity. Citing Zahn v. International Paper Co., 414 U.S. 291, 94 S.Ct. 505, 38 L.Ed.2d 511 (1973), the plaintiffs now seek to have the case remanded to state court on the ground that some class members do not satisfy the jurisdictional requirement of $50,000 in controversy. 1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1988). In Zahn,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Zahn v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Alexander F. Eagle v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- National Organization for Women v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- Griffin v. Dana Point Condominium Ass'nDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
- Averdick v. Republic Financial Services, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1992
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3Cited by25 opinions
- In Re Abbott LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Leszczynski v. Allianz InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1997
- del Rosario Ortega v. Star KistCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Crosby v. America Online, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1997
- Gilman v. Wheat, First Securities, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1995
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