Legal Opinion
Hubert Walker v. Trailer Transit, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 2013No. 13-8015PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Hubert Walker petitions for permission to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to remand this case to state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c)(1). Representing a class of truck owner-operators, Walker sued Trailer Transit, Inc., a broker of trucking services, for breach of contract in Indiana state court. Trailer Transit removed the suit to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), id. § 1332(d)(2). Walker moved to remand, contending that the removal was untimely.
The rules of procedure provide two different removal windows. First, a defendant has…
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