Legal Opinion
In Re Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 19, 2010No. 09-8023PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendants removed this class action suit to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), but when the plaintiffs amended their complaint to omit the class allegations, the district court found jurisdiction lacking and remanded the case to state court. The defendants petitioned for leave to appeal the order of remand under 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c). We accept the appeal and reverse.
This case began when Allen Moore and other residents of Bagley, Wisconsin, acting as representatives of a class of local property owners, filed a complaint in Wisconsin state court against Burlington…
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