Legal Opinion
Dinkel v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 9, 2005No. CIV 05-190-PHPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND
HORNBY, District Judge.
The plaintiff initially “commenced” this class action in state court before the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”) became effective. At first, therefore, it was not removable to federal court under CAFA. After CAFA became effective, however, the plaintiff “commenced” his class action against additional defendants. Those defendants properly and timely removed the entire case to federal court. Now, the plaintiff has dismissed those late-added defendants and requests remand to state court. Because the entire case…
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