Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Class Action
Dist. Ct. erred in remanding to state court instant class action regarding alleged violations of Ill. Minimum Wage Law that had been removed to federal court under Class Action Fairness Act, where Dist. Ct. found that respondents had failed to establish that amount in controversy exceeded $5 million. Respondents' calculation of disputed statutory penalty, which pushed total amount in controversy over $5 million, was reasonable, and Dist. Ct. failed to show how it own calculation of relevant damages, statutory and attorney fees came up short of $5 million, or explain how respondents' calculations were legally impossible.