Bloomberg v. Service Corp. International

Dist. Ct. erred in remanding class action back to state court that had originally been removed by defendants to federal court under Class Action Fairness Act. While plaintiffs asserted that remand was appropriate because amount in controversy in instant Ill. Wage Payment and Collection Act lawsuit concerning 538 Illinois employees did not meet $5 million threshold, defendants established that $5 million recovery was plausible given outcome of similar lawsuits elsewhere that involved fewer class members. Moreover, plaintiffs did not attempt to demonstrate that it was legally impossible for plaintiffs to recover $5 million threshold.