William DINKEL, an individual, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff
v.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Maine.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 9, 2005.
November 9, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Craig C. Corbitt, Zelle, Hofman, Voelbel, Mason & Gette, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel D. Owen, Richard M. Paul, III, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, MO, for William Dinkel an individual, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff.
Melissa Arm Hoag Sherman, Thomas V. Murray, Timothy K. McNamara, Lathrop & Gage, LC, Overland Park, KS, Kurt D. Williams, Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt, LLP, Jerome T. Wolf, Sonnenschein, Nath Rosenthall, LLP, Kansas City, MO, David N. Southard, James C. Eagan, Jr., Kirsten A. Lockhart, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Washington, DC, Jay N. Selanders, Michael J. Gorman, Daniels & Kaplan, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Daniel D. Crabtree, Jere D. Sellers, Stinson, Morrison, Hecker LLP, Overland Park, KS, for General Motors Corporation and SAAB Cars USA, Inc. and Saturn Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Volvo Cars of North America LLC, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen of America, Inc., Audi of America, Inc., Audi Canada, Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., Honda Motor Company Ltd., American Honda Motor Company, Inc., DaimlerChrysler Ktiengesellschaft, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Daimler-Chrysler Motors Co., LLC, Mercedes — Benz USA, LLC, Nissan Motor Company Ltd., Nissan North America, Inc., Nissan Canada, Inc., National Automobile Dealers Association, Does 1-100, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Maine.
DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND
HORNBY, District Judge.
The plaintiff initially "commenced" this class action in state court before the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA") became effective. At first, therefore, it was not removable to federal court under CAFA. After CAFA became effective, however, the plaintiff "commenced" his class action against additional defendants. Those defendants properly and timely removed the entire case...
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