KNUDSEN v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 05-8010.

411 F.3d 805 (2005)

Kirsten KNUDSEN, Chris Baker, and Vikki Baker, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005), permits defendants to remove certain class actions to federal court if minimal diversity of citizenship exists. Section 9 tells us that it applies only to suits "commenced on or after the date of enactment of this Act." That date is February 18, 2005. Invoking the removal authority under § 5, codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1453, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company...

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