United States Seventh Circuit

Order of remand to a California state court in a class action alleging fraudulent misrepresentation concerning the "Craftsman" line of tools is affirmed where the case was not removable under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 since it was filed before the effective date of the Act, and an amended complaint filed after the effective date did not constitute a new cause of action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/19/2006
• Published 10/19/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barbara J. Hart, Barry M. Okun (argued), Labaton, Sucharow & Rudoff, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Francis A. Citera (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.