McMORRIS v. TJX COMPANIES, INC.

No. CIV.A.07-10162-WGY.

493 F.Supp.2d 158 (2007)

Leah MCMORRIS and Wendy L. Pignone, individually and as representatives of a proposed class, Plaintiffs, v. THE TJX COMPANIES, INC., and The TJX Operating Companies, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Michael Barclay, Richard P. Rouco, Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, Birmingham, AL, Gregory Louis Davis Greg Davis, LLC, Montgomery, AL, F. Inge Johnstone, Archie C. Lamb, Jr., Law Offices of Archie Lamb LLC, Birmingham, AL, Louis Cooper Rutland, Jr., Rutland Law Firm, LLC, Union Springs, AL, Patrick J. Sheehan, Whatley, Drake & Kallas, Boston, MA, Joe R.Whatley, Jr., Whatley, Drake & Kallas, New York City, for Amerifirst Bank, Consolidated Plaintiff.

James R. Byrne, William H. Champlin, III, Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn LLP, Hartford, CT, Michael. G. Caldwell, Tyler Cooper & Alcorn LLP, New Haven, CT, for Collinsville Savings Society, Connecticut Bankers Association, Eagle Bank, Maine Association of Community Banks, Massachusetts Bankers Association, Saugusbank, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Danielle Disporto, Lester L. Levy, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY, Robert E. Ditzion, Thomas G. Shapiro, Shapiro, Haber & Urmy, LLP, Boston, MA, for Jitka Parment, Julie Buckley, Kimberly Myck-Rawson, Rachel Rosenfeld, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Michael T. Fantini, Jon J. Lambiras, Sherrie R. Savett, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Jonathan Shapiro, Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin, Boston, MA, for Paula G. Mace, Plaintiff.

Kristen Marquis Fritz, Robert T. Naumes, Thornton & Naumes, LLP, Boston, MA, for Leah McMorris, Wendy L. Pignone, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Richard D. Batchelder, Jr., Brian R. Blais, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, Seth C. Harrington, Ropes & Gray LLP (BOS), Boston, MA, Douglas H. Meal, Mark Szpak,' Harvey J. Wolkoff, Ropes '& Gray LLP, Boston, MA, for TJX Companies, Inc., Defendant.

Michele F. Raphael, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY, for Acohen Marketing & Public Relations, LLC; Amerifirst Bank, Collinsville Savings Society, Connecticut Bankers Association, Eagle Bank, Maine Association of Community Banks, Massachusetts Bankers Association, Saugusbank, TJ Maxx, Anne Cohen, Christy Mascolo-Brown, Gary Fuller, Jitka Parment, Julie Buckley, Kimberly Myck-Rawson, Laura Lerner, Leah McMorris, Mark Parrish, Marylin Crew, Michelle Peavy, Rachel Rosenfeld, Robert Ahearn, Robert Mann, Sandra Fuller, Thomas J. Gaydos, Traci Arians, Vicky Grisham, Wendy L. Pignone, Wendy Rivas, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Thomas G. Shapiro, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, for Jitka Parment, Julie Buckley, Kimberly Myck-Rawson, Rachel Rosenfeld, Robert Ahearn, Wendy Rivas, Acohen Marketing & Public Relations, LLC, Anne Cohen, Laura Lerner, Robert Mann, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Thomas M. Sobol, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Cambridge, MA, for Traci Arians, Vicky Grisham, Christy Mascolo-Brown, Marylin Crew, Michelie Peavy, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

William S. Fish, Jr., Tyler Cooper & Alcorn LLP, Hartford, CT, Benjamin A. Solnit, Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP, New Haven, CT, for Collinsville Savings Society, Connecticut Bankers Association, Eagle Bank, Maine Association of Community Banks, Massachusetts Bankers Association, Saugusbank, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

James R. Carroll, Nicholas I. Leitzes, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA, Robert N. Webner, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH, William Breck Weigel, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, Cincinnati, OH, for Fifth Third Bancorp, Fifth Third Bank, Consolidated Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On May 17, 2007, this Court took under advisement the Plaintiffs' motion to remand this action to the Massachusetts Superior Court in order to analyze in more detail the issue of the burden of proof for removal of actions under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA") § 4, Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 14 (2005) (codified as amended in 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d...

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