United States Seventh Circuit

Under the Class Action Fairness Act, defendants may remove certain class actions to federal court, if minimal diversity of citizenship exists, only when suit has commenced on or after the date of enactment of the Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2005
• Published 06/07/2005

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Russell Yager, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Petitioner., William M. Sweetnam, Freed & Weiss, William J. Harte, Harte & Associates, Robert A. Holstein, Holstein Law Offices, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.