LAO v. WICKES FURNITURE CO., INC.

No. EDCV 06 448 SGL OPX.

455 F.Supp.2d 1045 (2006)

Sherry LAO and Betty Yates, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WICKES FURNITURE COMPANY, INC.; Sun Capital Partners, Inc.; Sun Capital Partners II, LP; and R.T.G. Furniture Corporation Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

October 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darren D Daniels, Marc D Roberts and Associates, Marc D Roberts, Marc D Roberts & Associates, Raphael Albert Katri, Marc D Roberts and Associates, Ontario, for Sherry Lao individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Betty Yates individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs.

Anne Marie Estevez, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Miami, FL, Barbara J Miller, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Jesse Elijah Maram Randolph, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Irvine, Anne Marie Estevez, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Miami, FL, for Wickes Furniture Company Inc a Delaware corporation, Sun Capital Partners Inc a Florida corporation, Sun Capital Partners II LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Sun Capital Partners LLC, a De laware limited liability company, Sun Capital Advisors II LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Rooms To Go Inc a California corporation, RTG Furniture Corp a Florida corporation, Master Home USA Inc a Delaware corporation, Does 1 through 50 inclusive, Master Home USA Inc a Delaware corporation, R T G Furniture Corp a Florida corporation, Rooms To Go Inc a California corporation, Sun Capital Advisors II LP a Delaware limited partnership, Sun Capital Partners LLC a Delaware limited liability company, Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND

LARSON, District Judge.

This case requires the Court to examine the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA"), a statute in which some major terms are left undefined, certain of the provisions of which have been aptly characterized as "bewildering" or "clumsily crafted," and whose legislative history is, in part, of questionable interpretive value. In short, it is a statute that is a headache to construe.

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