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BUSH v. CHEAPTICKETS, INC.

No. 05-55995.

425 F.3d 683 (2005)

Ronald BUSH; Juliane Dyer; Josh Kramer; Ana Lopez; Ashley Salisbury, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHEAPTICKETS, INC.; Cendant Corporation; Expedia Inc.; IAC/ Interactivecorp; Hotels.Com, L.P.; Hotels.Com GP, LLC; Orbitz Inc.; Orbitz LLC; Priceline.Com Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 6, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

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

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

The question before us is when is a class-action suit "commenced" for purposes of the effective date of the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA," or "the Act"), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005). The plaintiffs-appellees, Ronald Bush and others ("Bush"), filed suit in state court against various internet-based travel companies ("Cheaptickets"). Cheaptickets removed the case to federal court, but the district court ordered the case remanded to...

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