GIBSON v. CHRYSLER CORP.

Nos. 99-16436, 99-16441, 99-16493, 99-17021, 99-17066, 99-17067.

261 F.3d 927 (2001)

Ursula GIBSON; Mary Depina, individually on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Paul Maldonado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chrysler Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Stephen Depalma, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chrysler Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Ursula Gibson; Mary Depina, individually on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chrysler Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Stephen Depalma, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chrysler Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Paul Maldonado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chrysler Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis O. Scarpulla, San Francisco, California; Guido Saveri and Richard Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, San Francisco, California; Eric D. Freed and Michael J. Freed, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, Illinois; W. Ruel Walker, Oakland, California; Steven W. Berman and Paul Weiss, Hagens and Berman, Seattle, Washington, for the Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Charles A. Newman and Peter Herzog, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, Missouri; Kevin J. Dunne, Linda N. Ha, and Cynthia H. Plevin, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, California, for the Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Cynthia Holcomb Hall, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted December 14, 2000 — San Francisco, California.

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Chrysler Corporation ("Chrysler")1 appeals sanctions and attorneys' fees awarded by the district court. Chrysler has twice attempted to remove plaintiffs' class actions from California state court to federal court. After Chrysler's second attempt, the district court held that several of Chrysler's arguments were frivolous...

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