Legal Opinion
Main Drug, Inc. v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 2007No. 06-12419, 06-12420PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This consolidated appeal involves two putative class action cases (involving the same issues) which were removed to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1453, the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). The complaints in the two actions were filed in state court (by the same counsel) before the effective date of CAFA, but the summonses were not provided to the clerks of the state. courts until after the effective date. Relying on the filing dates, the plaintiffs contend that the actions are not controlled by CAFA, and they moved to remand on that ground and for the additional…
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