Legal Opinion
Ebony Bridewell-Sledge v. Blue Cross of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2015No. 15-56039, 15-56038PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:
■ The present appeal involves two similar class actions that were filed against the same defendants, in the same California superior court, on the same day thirteen minutes apart, and that were consolidated by the state court “for all purposes.” Despite the fact that the two actions had been consolidated into a single action, Defendants filed two separate notices of removal, citing the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). The district court, in evaluating whether it had CAFA jurisdiction over the removed action, analyzed the consolidated case…
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