United States Fifth Circuit

Plaintiffs have the burden to show the applicability of the Class Action Fairness Act's sections 1332(d)(3)-(5) exceptions when jurisdiction turns on their application. In a case involving alleged seepage of mercury from defendants' facility, denial of putative class plaintiffs' motion to remand to Louisiana state court is affirmed over plaintiffs' claim that the case was not removable under CAFA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2006
• Published 07/07/2006

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph Charles Possa, Stephanie M. Possa, Tyler & Possa, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Bradley Charles Myers, Kyle B. Beall, Katie Lynn Deranger, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Pioneer Americas LLC., Patrick B. McIntire, William Martin Hudson, III, Oats & Hudson, Lafayette, LA, Clifton O. Bingham, Jr., Oats & Hudson, Baton Rouge, LA, for State of Louisiana.