Legal Opinion
Portillo v. National Freight, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 15, 2016No. Civil Action No. 15-7908 (JBS/KMW)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMANDLE, Chief Judge:
This case presents interesting issues regarding thé timing of the removability of a class action upon the jurisdictional grounds of “minimal diversity” under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, and especially 28 U.S.C. §§ 1446(b)(1) and (b)(3) which create two periods of time for such a removal to federal court.
From approximately 2009 to 2014, Plaintiffs John F. Portillo, Rafael Suarez, Martin Duran, German Bencosme, Edin Vargas, Luis A. Hernandez, Josué Paz, and Alvaro Castaneda (hereinafter, “Plaintiffs”) performed deliveries to Trader Joe’s stores throughout…
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