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IN RE FORD MOTOR CO./CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.

Nos. 99-36115, 99-36206.

264 F.3d 952 (2001)

In re: FORD MOTOR COMPANY/CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A., Cardholder Rebate Program Litigation John B. McCauley, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated; Gerald Essig; Thomas Walters, on behalf of themselves and on all others similarly situated; Jeffrey Scott Merrick; John Lagrou; Howard S. Hornreich; Lynette M. Hornreich, husband and with on their own and on behalf of all others similarly situated; and Ricky A. Copeland, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation, Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., Defendant-Appellant, Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation; Citibank (South Dakota), N.A.; Citibank, a New York Corporation; Does 1 Through 10 inclusive; Ford Motor Company, a Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney R. Snyder, Jr., Esq., Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, Seattle, Washington; John H. Beisner, Esq., Brian C. Anderson, Brian P. Brooks (argued), on the brief, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant Citibank.

Steve W. Berman, Esq., Hagens and Berman, Seattle, Washington; John H. Alexander, Alexander, Fennerty & Associates, Chicago, Illinois; Michael J. Rosenfeld, Kalb, Rosenfeld & Essig, Commack, New York; Roger W. Kirby, Kaufman, Malchman, Kirby & Squire, New York, New York; James G. Lewis, Los Angeles, California; Michael L. Williams, Williams & Troutwine, Portland, Oregon; Russell Jackson Drake, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Bruce M. Berman, Natacha D. Steimer, and Christopher R. Lipsett, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C.; Thomas L. Boeder, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for defendant Citibank (South Dakota), N.A.

Before: BROWNING, WALLACE, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Ford Motor Company (Ford) and Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. (Citibank) appeal from the district court's order dismissing the consolidated complaint of several underlying state court lawsuits under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and remanding these state suits to the courts from which they were removed. We must decide two questions. First, whether the minimum amount in controversy required to maintain a diversity...

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