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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 (Defendant World Wide Tracers, Inc.’s Amended Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12(b)(6), Docket Item No. 16.)

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 See Weaver v. Nestle, USA, Inc., No. C 08-03636 JSW, 2008 WL 5453734 (N.D. Cal. Oct.

30, 2008); Johnson v. Advance Am., 549 F.3d 932 (4th Cir. 2008); Dennison v. Carolina Payday

Loans, Inc., 549 F.3d 941 (4th Cir. 2008).

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Melody Daniels,

Plaintiff,

 v.

World Wide Tracers, Inc.,

Defendant. /

NO. C 09-05869 JW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: REMAND

Presently before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint.1 The

Court conducted a hearing on March 15, 2010. In light of the discussion at the hearing, the Court

sua sponte raises the issue of its subject matter jurisdiction over this removed action. In particular,

although the Complaint alleges a “nationwide” class pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 382, Plaintiff’s counsel stated at the hearing that Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of California

consumers. (See Notice of Removal at 2, Ex. A.) Since whether the putative class is composed only

of California consumers may affect the Court’s subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action

Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. 1332(d)(2), the Court finds it appropriate to invite further

briefing on the issue of its subject matter jurisdiction.2

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 For example, in a recent ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified to the

California Supreme Court the question of whether “[California Business and Professions Code]

Section 17200 appl[ies] to overtime work performed outside California for a California-based

employer by out-of-state plaintiffs.” Sullivan v. Oracle Corp., 557 F.3d 979, 983 (9th Cir. 2009). In

so holding, the court stated that there “will [be] considerable practical importance” to the answers

given by the California Supreme Court. Id. Although Sullivan dealt with issues associated with the

application of the UCL to out-of-state employees of California corporations, the Court finds Sullivan

analogous to the present case because both cases involve extraterritorial application of California

statutory law to out of state plaintiffs, in suits brought against a California corporation. 

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Accordingly, on or before March 24, 2010, the parties shall each file a supplemental brief

addressing the following issues:

(1) If the class is composed of only California consumers, does the Court have subject

matter jurisdiction under CAFA?

(2) To the extent that Plaintiff is attempting to represent a nation-wide class, whether the

California statutory and common law claims asserted in the Complaint may be

applicable to out of state class members.3

Dated: March 17, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Gene J. Stonebarger gstonebarger@stonebargerlaw.com

William Edward Pallares pallares@lbbslaw.com

Karl Robert Loureiro loureiro@lbbslaw.com

Dated: March 17, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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