Abraham v. St. Croix Renaissance Group, L.L.L.P.

OPINION

(May 17, 2013)

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

The St. Croix Renaissance Group, L.L.L.P. (SCRG) sought leave under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c)(1), to appeal an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands remanding a civil action to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. We granted SCRG’s request. Because we conclude that the civil action here is not a removable “mass action” under CAFA, we will affirm the order of the District Court.

I

In early 2012, “[m]ore than 500 individual plaintiffs” sued SCRG in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. On February 2,…