Legal Opinion
Westwood Apex v. Contreras
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 2011No. 11-55362PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4, confers federal jurisdiction over class action lawsuits where the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000 and the adversaries are minimally diverse. When a class action satisfying these conditions is filed in state court, Section 5 of CAFA provides that “such action may be removed by any defendant without the consent of all defendants.” 28 U.S.C. § 1453(b). In this appeal, we address whether CAFA Section 5, 28 U.S.C. § 1453(b), allows a party joined to an action as a defendant to a…
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