Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
*1745 The general removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441 (a), provides that "any civil action" over which a federal court would have original jurisdiction may be removed to federal court by "the defendant or the defendants." The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) provides that "[a] class action" may be removed to federal court by "any defendant without the consent of all defendants." 28 U.S.C. § 1453 (b). In this case, we address whether either provision allows a third-party counterclaim defendant-that is, a party *1746 brought into a lawsuit through a counterclaim filed by the original defendant-to…
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