COX, Circuit Judge:
The question this appeal poses is whether, in a class action, a potential attorneys' fee awarded out of a common fund may count in the aggregate toward the jurisdictional minimum necessary to establish diversity jurisdiction. We hold that it may not.
1. Background
The plaintiffs here, and the class they ask to represent, are purchasers of extended service contracts on General Motors vehicles. According to the plaintiffs...
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