LONNQUIST v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY

No. 230-69.

421 F.2d 597 (1970)

Richard C. LONNQUIST et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Lonnquist, Denver, Colo. (Hoffman, Goldstein & Armour, Denver, Colo., on the brief), pro se and for other appellants.

Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr., Denver, Colo. (Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Donald S. Graham, Richard L. Freese, Jr., and Rothgerber, Appel & Powers, Denver, Colo., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PICKETT, BREITENSTEIN and SETH, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The only question before us is whether the $10,000 jurisdictional amount requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) has been satisfied.

The plaintiffs-appellants filed four cases in state court charging Denver department stores with the exaction of usurious interest on charge accounts in violation of pertinent Colorado statutes. Although there are some variations used by the stores in the computation of such interest, the rates were...

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