Legal Opinion
Grant v. Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2002No. 01-31350PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
The captioned case is before us by virtue of the district court’s highly principled certification for immediate interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). We are called on to answer an important removal and remand question which (1) arises in the context of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, (2) is unique to Louisiana class actions because of the state’s statutory scheme, and (3) has polarized the judges of the Eastern District of Louisiana. This question implicates the jurisdictional-amount prong of the test for diversity jurisdiction, and asks:
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