Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Dean Morris, L.L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 3, 2006No. 06-30215PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Defendants appeal an order remanding these class actions to state court for want of jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005), and on the ground of equitable remand in bankruptcy. Finding the remand order proper in all respects, we affirm it in regard to CAFA, and we dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, the remand order in the Bauer matter and the equitable remand order in the Patterson matter.
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We may review orders of remand for asserted errors in the application of CAFA.1 As an initial matter,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Little v. Liquid Air Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. CalhounSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- James Brill, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Defendant-PetitionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Browning v. NavarroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Arnold v. Garlock, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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