LLOYD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Civil No. BEL-07-2487.

560 F.Supp.2d 420 (2008)

Timothy and Bernadette LLOYD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

June 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Howard Ring, Stephen H. Ring PC, Germantown, MD, Fred Thompson, Frederick J. Jekel, Kevin R. Dean, Rhett D. Klok, Suzanne Lafleur Klok, William Taylor Lacy, William H. Narwold, Motley Rice LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, William F. Askinazi, Law Offices of William F. Askinazi, Germantown, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Karen Natalie Walker, Bridget Kathleen O. Connor, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Brian Patrick Kavanaugh, J. Andrew Langan, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, John David Wilburn, Michael J. Elston, McGuirewoods LLP, Mary Catherine Zinsner, Richard E. Hagerty, Troutman Sanders LLP, McLean, VA, Derek Handley Swanson, John Trackwalker, IV, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA, John W. Rogers, Kathy A. Wisniewski, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

BENSON EVERETT LEGG, Chief Judge.

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA"), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4, allows certain class actions to proceed in federal court provided there is minimal diversity between the parties. By its terms, however, the CAFA applies only to actions "commenced" on or after February 18, 2005. 119 Stat, at 14. In the years since the CAFA was passed, parties to actions pending on the date of the statute's enactment...

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