Legal Opinion
Braud v. Transport Service Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2006No. 06-30088PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case presents an issue of first impression for this court: whether amending a complaint to add a defendant “commences” a new suit under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), Pub.L. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4. We answer in the affirmative and, for that reason, we reverse the district court’s order of remand, and we remand to that court for further proceedings.
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On August 30, 2004, Pamela Braud and certain other plaintiffs (the “Braud plaintiffs”) filed a “Class Action Petition for Damages” in state court. On April 8, 2005, the Braud plaintiffs amended their…
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