LOWERY v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

Nos. 06-16324, 06-16325.

483 F.3d 1184 (2007)

Katie LOWERY, Richard Lowery, Johnny Jones, Angela Jones, Dennis Wingo, and other plaintiffs as listed on complaint, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, Honeywell International, Inc., Hanna Steel Corporation, Certainteed Corp., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed R. Haden, Michael D. Freeman, Spencer M. Taylor, Teresa G. Minor, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Alfred F. Smith, Jr., Sela Stroud Blanton, Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Joel M. Kuehnert, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Jackson R. Sharman, William Earl Bonner, W. Larkin Kadney, IV, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., James C. Huckaby, Jr., John Winston Scott, Huckaby, Scott & Dukes, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Scott Burnett Smith, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Huntsville, AL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Lloyd W. Gathings, II, Honora McKeown Gathings, Richard Warren Kinney, III, Gathings Law, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, we are confronted with the task of interpreting several provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA" or the "Act"), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (codified in scattered sections of 28 U.S.C.). The plaintiffs-appellees (the "plaintiffs") sued the defendants-appellants (the "defendants") in an Alabama circuit court, alleging various tort claims under state law. The defendants removed the case to federal...

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