United States Seventh Circuit

Petitions for leave to appeal under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 from orders remanding two consumer class action suits to Illinois state courts are denied where the addition of named plaintiffs did not commence new suits in state court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2006
• Published 01/30/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paul M. Weiss, Tod A. Lewis, Freed & Weiss, Chicago, IL, Bradley M. Lakin, Charles W. Chapman, Charles W. Chapman Chartered, Wood River, IL, Kevin T. Hoerner, Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, Belleville, IL, Thomas F. Londrigan, Londrigan, Potter & Randle, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiffs-Respondents., Thomas J. Palazzolo, Kathy A. Wisniewski, Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Petitioners.