HOOD EX REL. MISSISSIPPI v. JP MORGAN CHASE & CO.

Nos. 13-60686, 13-60687.

737 F.3d 78 (2013)

Jim HOOD, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, ex rel. The State of MISSISSIPPI; State of Mississippi, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY; Chase Bank USA, N.A, Defendants-Appellees Jim Hood, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, ex rel. The State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Appellant v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.; HSBC Card Services, Incorporated; HSBC Bank USA, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees Jim Hood, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, ex rel. The State of Mississippi; The State of Mississippi, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Citigroup, Incorporated; Citibank, N.A.; Department Stores National Bank, Defendants-Appellees Jim Hood, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, ex rel. The State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Discover Financial Services, Incorporated; Discover Bank; DFS Services, L.L.C.; American Bankers Management Company, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees Jim Hood, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, ex rel. The State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Bank of America Corporation; FIA Card Services, N.A., Defendants-Appellees Jim Hood, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, ex rel. The State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Capital One Bank USA, N.A.; Capital One Services, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Waddell Neville , Meredith McCollum Aldridge , Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, Richard Moss Golomb , Kenneth Jay Grunfeld, Esq. , Golomb & Honik, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Sherri Ann Saucer, Esq. , Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert D. Wick , Christian James Pistilli , Andrew James Soukup , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Alan W. Perry , Phillip Samuel Sykes, Esq. , Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, L.L.P., Julia B. Strickland , David Wesley Moon, Esq. , Jason S. Yoo, Stroock , Stroock & Lavan, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Mark Herndon Tyson , H. Hunter Twiford, III, Esq. , McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., William Kurt Henke , Jeffrey Scott Dilley , Henke-Bufkin, P.A., Clarksdale, MS, Noah Adam Levine , Wilmer Hale, New York, NY, Franklin G. Burt, Esq. , Markham R. Leventhal, Esq. , Jorden Burt, L.L.P., Charles E. Griffin, Esq. , Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS, David L. Permut, Esq. , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Dorsey Reese Carson, Jr. , Christopher D. Meyer , Burr & Forman, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, Rik Stanford Tozzi, Esq. , Burr & Forman, L.L.P., Birmingham, AL, James R. McGuire, Esq. , Morrison & Foerster, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before OWEN, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Attorney General of Mississippi (the "State") filed six in parens patriae complaints in the Mississippi Chancery Court alleging six credit card companies ("Defendants") violated the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act ("MCPA") by charging consumers for products they did not want or need. Defendants removed, arguing that there is federal subject matter jurisdiction both because this is a Class Action...

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