PFIZER, INC. v. LOTT

No. 05-8013.

417 F.3d 725 (2005)

PFIZER, INC., Petitioner, v. Ricky LOTT, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. O'Malley, Jr., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Stephen M. Tillery, Korein Tillery, St. Louis, MO, for Respondents.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Pfizer, sued in a class action in an Illinois state court, removed the suit to federal district court, which remanded it to the state court on the ground that there was no federal jurisdiction. The suit charged Pfizer with having overcharged for two drugs in violation of state consumer-protection law. There was no federal claim, and so the only possible basis of federal jurisdiction was diversity of citizenship. The named plaintiffs stipulated...

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