Legal Opinion
Cedar Lodge Plantation, L.L.C. v. CSHV Fairway View I, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 26, 2014No. 14-30735PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellees (collectively, “Cedar Lodge”) first brought their proposed class action against a group of apartment-owning and managing entities (“Fairway Defendants”) in Louisiana state court. The Fairway Defendants removed the case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Cedar Lodge then amended the complaint to add Sewer Treatment Specialists, L.L.C. (“STS”), a Louisiana citizen, as a defendant. With the addition of STS as a “significant local defendant,” Cedar Lodge moved to remand the case to state court,…
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