Legal Opinion

Charles Hunter v. City of Montgomery, Alabama

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 14, 2017No. 16-15861PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ED CARNES, Chief Judge:

The City of Montgomery has a red-light camera program that is managed by American Traffic Solutions, Inc. Under that program Charles Hunter and Mike Henderson were ticketed and required to pay civil fines. They are the named plaintiffs in a would-be class action that was filed in Alabama state court claiming that the program and fines violate state law. (The complaint included a federal law claim but it was later dropped.)

The defendants, the City and Traffic Solutions, removed the case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). The…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  3. Thermtron Products, Inc. v. HermansdorferSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Katie Lowery v. Honeywell International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
  5. Barnhill v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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