Bush

ORDER REMANDING ACTION

Before the Court are the parties’ responses and supplemental responses to the Court’s March 31, 2005 order to show cause why this action should not be remanded to the state court for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction.

Plaintiffs filed their Complaint on February 17, 2005, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. On March 28, 2005, Defendants Cheaptickets, Inc.; Cendant Corporation; Expedia, Inc.; IAC/Interactive Corp.; Hotels.com, L.P.; Hotels.com GP, LLC; Orbitz, Inc.; Orbitz, LLC; Price-line.com, Inc.; Travelocity.com, Inc.; Tra-velocity.com, L.P. (collectively, “Defendants”) removed the case to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Notice of Removal alleges that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-2 (the “Act”). The Act expands the scope of federal diversity jurisdiction by amending 28 U.S.C. § 1332 to include class actions that meet certain criteria. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (d). It also adds 28 U.S.C. § 1453 , which authorizes and sets terms for removal of class actions filed in state court that meet…