Legal Opinion
Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 2006No. 05-409PublishedCited by 291 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
Title 28 U. S. C. § 1447(d) limits appellate review of a district court order remanding a ease from federal to state *636court. The question here is whether an order remanding a case removed under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 is appealable, notwithstanding § 1447(d). We hold it is not.
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The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Reform Act), 109 Stat. 787, targeted “perceived abuses of the class-action vehicle in litigation involving nationally traded securities,” Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit, ante, at 81, and put limits on federal…
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