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BULLARD v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RY. CO.

No. 08-8011.

535 F.3d 759 (2008)

Virda Bell BULLARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Jasmer (submitted), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Daniel J. Mohan, Daley, Mohan & Groble, Chicago, IL, Lise T. Spacapan, Jenner & Block, Robert L. Shuftan, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Darren Mark Raven Van Puymbrouck, Conway & Mrowiec, Larry J. Chilton, Chilton Yambert Porter & Young, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

A complaint identifying 144 plaintiffs sought damages from four corporations that had designed, manufactured, transported, or used chemicals that allegedly escaped from a wood-processing plant and injured people living nearby. Defendants removed the suit from the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They relied on a provision of the Class Action Fairness Act that...

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