United States Ninth Circuit

For purposes of the effective date of the Class Action Fairness Act, a class-action suit is "commenced" when the suit is filed rather than when it is removed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/06/2005
• Published 10/06/2005

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  FARRIS, THOMPSON, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gordon Greenberg, McDermott Will & Emery, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant., Martha Boersch, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant., Darrel Hieber, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant., Michael Reese, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, New York, NY, for plaintiff-appellee., Blake Harper, Hulett Harper Stewart, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee., Joseph J. M. Lange and Jeffrey A. Koncius, Lange & Koncius LLP, El Segundo, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.