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MORGAN v. GAY

Case No. 06-8045.

466 F.3d 276 (2006)

SARAH MORGAN, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. DENNIS W. GAY; GINA GAY; BASIC RESEARCH, L.L.C.; BAN, L.L.C.; KLEIN-BECKER, USA L.L.C.; COVAXIL LABORATORIES, L.L.C.; CARTER-REED COMPANY, L.L.C., a/k/a THE CARTER-REED COMPANY; A.G. WATERHOUSE, L.L.C.; ALPHAGENBO TECH, L.L.C.; BODY FORUM, L.L.C.; BODY INNOVENTIONS, L.L.C.; COVARIX, L.L.C.; BYDEX MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.; NUTRASPORT, L.L.C; SOVAGE DERMALOGIC LABORATORIES, L.L.C.; WESTERN HOLDING, L.L.C.; GEORGE EVAN BYBEE; DANIEL B. MOWREY, Ph.D; NATHALIE CHEVREAU, Ph.D; MITCHELL K. FRIEDLANDER; MICAHEL MEADE, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 16, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Swayze, III, Christian H. Gannon Robert J. Kenney, Maria C. Carlucci Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, LTD. 830 Third Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022, John M. Agnello, Kerrie Heslin, Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillian, Cecchi, Stewart & Ostein, 5 Becker Farm Rd., Roseland, NJ 07068, Counsel for Petitioner.

Jeffrey I. Carton, Jill C. Owens, Barry B. Cepelewicz, Meiselman, Denlea, Packman, Carton & Eberz, PC, 1311 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605, Counsel for Respondent.

Before: BARRY, SMITH, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

I.

This appeal raises what is an issue of first impression in this Circuit: whether a statutory provision from the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005) (codified in scattered sections of 28 U.S.C.), will be read according to the uncontested intent of Congress rather than as it is literally (but mistakenly) written.

The underlying action was filed by New Jersey purchasers of...

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