123381P.pdf   09/05/2013  CMH Homes, Inc.  v.  Thomas Goodner
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-3381
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Shepherd, Circuit Judge, and Rose, 
   District Judge] 
   Civil case - Federal Arbitration Act. Here plaintiffs filed a putative 
   class action in state court raising claims under the Arkansas Deceptive 
   Trade Practices and Unfair Practices acts, and defendants removed the case 
   to federal court and asked the court to compel arbitration of the claims; 
   when asked by plaintiffs to remand the case to state court and dismiss the 
   arbitration petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the district 
   court properly looked through the arbitration petition to the state court 
   complaint to determine the amount in controversy; however, the case must 
   be remanded for the district court to calculate an amount in controversy 
   and to determine whether it has jurisdiction over the putative class 
   action under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1332(d)(2)