Class Definition Keeps Sprint Case in Federal Court a Little Longer

The 7th Circuit is on a roll in keeping class actions under federal court purview. The court on Thursday let a class action filed against Sprint Nextel stay in federal court at least a little longer, overruling a decision by a U.S. District Court that would have kicked it back to state court. The plaintiffs wanted the case returned to Kansas state court, where it was filed, based on the home-state exception to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, which the defendant invoked to move the case to federal court.