Legal Opinion
Preston v. Tenet Healthsystem Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2007No. Nos. 07-30132, 07-30160PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Tenet Health Systems Memorial Medical Center d/b/a Memorial Medical Center (“Memorial”) moved to remand this class action lawsuit to state court under the “local controversy” exception of the Class *808Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). The district court granted the motion to remand, and Life-Care Management Services, L.L.C., and LifeCare Hospitals of New Orleans, L.L.C. (collectively “LifeCare”), timely appealed the order. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Preston represents a putative class of…
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