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EVANS v. WALTER INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 06-11974.

449 F.3d 1159 (2006)

Isaiah EVANS, Lillian Fomby, Ida Adams, Carter Adams, Albert McCrory, J.L. Stringer, Rosetta Bailey, individuals on behalf of themselves and a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WALTER INDUSTRIES, INC., f.k.a. U.S. Pipe and Foundry, f.k.a. T.C. King Pipe and Fittings Co., et al., Defendants, MeadWestvaco Corporation, f.k.a. Standard Foundry, f.k.a. Mead Corporation, f.k.a. Woodward Iron, f.k.a. Alabama Pipe Company, f.k.a. Lynchburg Foundry, United Defense LP, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., f.k.a. Southern Tool, Huron Valley Steel Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Van Carson, Wendlene M. Lavey, Lianne Mantione, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Cleveland, OH, Stephen B. Devereaux, Philip E. Holladay, King & Spalding, Douglas A. Henderson, Lynette Eaddy Smith, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, John Winston Scott, James C. Huckaby, Jr., Huckaby, Scott & Dukes, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Jack D. Shumate, Karen Mysliwiec Pilar, Butzel Long, PC, Bloomfield, MI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Edward McF. Johnson, Dennis G. Pantazis, Craig L. Lowell, Brian M. Clark, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellants United Defense LP, MeadWestvaco Corporation, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., and Huron Valley Steel Corporation challenge the district court's decision to remand this case to the Alabama state court. Appellants argue that this case belongs in federal court under the recently-enacted Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005) (codified in scattered sections of 28 U.S.C.), and because the plaintiffs fraudulently...

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