Legal Opinion
Frazier v. Pioneer Americas LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2006No. 06-30434PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Named plaintiffs of a putative class appeal denial of remand to Louisiana state court, arguing that the case was not removable under the Class Action Fairness Act. We AFFIRM.
I
Defendant Pioneer Americas, a Canadian company and citizen, operated hydrogen processing equipment in its St. Gabriel, Louisiana facility. By Pioneer’s admission, an amount of mercury almost double that allowed by its federal permits, but not necessarily an amount exceeding federal or state health standards, seeped from the equipment into the atmosphere. Citizens living near the…
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