Missouri City Seeks to Have Netflix, Hulu Complaint Sent Back to State Court

Netflix and Hulu haven't shown the U.S. District Court in St. Louis has jurisdiction over Creve Coueur's legal complaint about the streaming services, the Missouri city said in a docket 18-cv-01495-SNLJ reply (in Pacer) Thursday supporting its motion to remand the case to state court. It said Hulu didn't meet the $5 million threshold needed for Class Action Fairness Act jurisdiction, and the two have yet to meet the burden of showing they properly removed the case to federal court (see 1809100020). The city said Missouri state courts are best positioned to decide whether the streaming services must pay fees under Missouri's Video Service Providers Act, and it didn't waive its right to seek remand when it filed a motion to consolidate the case with similar litigation against DirecTV and Dish Network. Counsel for the streaming services didn't comment Friday.