ABREGO ABREGO v. THE DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. 06-55109.

443 F.3d 676 (2006)

Antonio ABREGO ABREGO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE DOW CHEMICAL CO, et al.; Shell Oil Company, d/b/a Shell Chemical Company, and Shell Agricultural Chemical Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Brem, Shirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX, argued and was on the briefs for the appellants. Gennaro A. Filice, Nicholas D. Kayhan, Richard H. Poulson, Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP, Oakland, CA, were also on the briefs for the appellants.

Howard B. Miller, Girardi & Keese, Los Angeles, CA, argued and was on the briefs for the appellees. Walter J. Lack and Elizabeth Lane Crooke, Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi & Keese, Los Angeles, CA; Joe J. Fisher, II, Mark Sparks, and Scott C. Kinsel, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, TX; and Benton Musslewhite, Law Offices of Benton Musslewhite, Houston, TX, were also on the briefs for the appellees.

Before: McKEOWN and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and KING, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The recently enacted Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA"), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4, alters the landscape for federal court jurisdiction over class actions. In addition to traditional class actions, CAFA covers certain other cases involving large numbers of plaintiffs, denominated "mass actions." Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") brings this interlocutory appeal,1 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c)(1),

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