Deanna Morey v. Louis Vuitton North America

MEMORANDUM

Defendant Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. appeals the district court’s order remanding plaintiff Deanna Morey’s putative class action alleging that Louis Vuitton violated California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Cal. Civ.Code § 1747.08, by requesting and recording shoppers’ personal identification information when they used a credit card for purchases at Louis Vuitton retail stores. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1453 (c)(1). Reviewing the district court’s remand order de novo, see United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Mfg., Energy, Allied Indus. & Serv. Workers Int’l Union, AFL-CIO v. Shell Oil Co., 602 F.3d 1087, 1090 (9th Cir.2010), we reverse.

The district court erred in holding that Louis Vuitton’s initial notice of removal failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy exceeded $5 million. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (d)(2); United Steel, 602 F.3d at 1090 .

When determining the amount in controversy for jurisdictional purposes, the amount claimed in the complaint’s prayer for relief controls if apparently made in good faith. See Hall v. N. Am. Van Lines, Inc., 476 F.3d 683 , 689 n. 6 (9th Cir.2007). Here, the complaint…