United States Tenth Circuit

For purposes of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), whether a post-CAFA pleading amendment triggers a substantive right of removal under CAFA by the affected parties depends on whether the amendment relates back to the pre-CAFA pleading that is being amended.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2006
• Published 05/15/2006

Judges

• BRISCOE, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, McKAY, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   Douglas M. Weems, Barry L. Pickens, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, LLP, Jeffrey J. Simon, Leonard L. Wagner, Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, Kansas City, MO, H. Reed Walker, Law Offices of H. Reed Walker, P.A., Overland Park, KS, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Frederick Walters, Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughn, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Appellees.