Legal Opinion
Isaiah Evans v. Walter Industries
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 2006No. 06-11974PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants United Defense LP, Mead-Westvaco Corporation, Seientific-Atlanta, Inc., and Huron Valley Steel Corporation challenge the district court’s decision to remand this case to the Alabama state court. Appellants argue that this case belongs in federal court under the recently-enacted Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005) (codified in scattered sections of 28 U.S.C.), and because the plaintiffs fraudulently joined non-diverse defendants in order to evade federal jurisdiction. We hold that the federal district court has…
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