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MISSISSIPPI EX REL. HOOD v. AU OPTRONICS CORP.

No. 12-60704.

701 F.3d 796 (2012)

State of MISSISSIPPI, ex rel. Jim HOOD, Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION; AU Optronics Corporation America, Incorporated; Chi Mei Corporation; Chimei Innolux Corporation, formerly known as Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation; Chi Mei Optoelectronics USA, Incorporated, formerly known as International Display Technology USA, Incorporated; CMO Japan Company, Limited, formerly known as International Display Technology, Limited; Hannstar Display Corporation; Hitachi, Limited; Japan Display East, Incorporated; Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA); LG Display Company, Limited, formerly known as LG Phillips LCD Company, Limited; LG Display America, Incorporated, formerly known as LGD LCD America, Incorporated; Samsung Electronics Company LTD; Samsung Semiconductor, Incorporated; Samsung Electronics America, Incorporated; Sharp Corporation; Sharp Electronics Corporation; Toshiba Corporation; Toshiba Mobile Display Company, Limited, formerly known as Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Company, Limited; Toshiba America Electronic Components, Incorporated; Toshiba America Information Systems, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith McCollum Aldridge , Geoffrey C. Morgan , Sp. Asst. Atty. Gens., George W. Neville , Office of the Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, Carolyn Glass Anderson , Patricia A. Bloodgood , David Michael Cialkowski (argued), Kirsten D. Hedberg , Zimmerman Reed, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Luther T. Munford , James William Shelson , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Stephen Lee Thomas , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Thomas C. Gerity , Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, L.L.P., Walter Helms Boone , Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, L.L.P., Philip William Thomas , Law Offices of Phillip W. Thomas, P.A., Charles Edwin Ross (argued), Rebecca Hawkins , Michael Brunson Wallace , Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A., Jackson, MS, Christopher A. Nedeau , Nossaman, L.L.P., Michelle Kim-Szrom , Kent M. Roger , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., John M. Grenfell , Jacob R. Sorenson , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Harrison J. Frahn, IV , Simpson Thacher , Palo Alto, CA, Hugh F. Bangasser , Ramona M. Emerson , Christopher M. Wyant , K&L Gates, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Robert Arrington Miller , Patrick Ryan Beckett , John Adam Crawford, Jr. , Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L.L.C., Cecil Maison Heidelberg , Heidelberg Harmon, P.L.L.C., Ridgeland, MS, Michael R. Lazerwitz , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P., Timothy C. Hester , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Andrew Lovelace Black , White & Case, L.L.P., Washington, DC, John H. Chung , Ross Elfand , Kristen McAhren , White & Case, L.L.P., New York City, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JOLLY, CLEMENT and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, manufacturers and distributors of liquid crystal display ("LCD") panels, jointly removed this case to federal district court on the grounds that (1) the action was a "class action" under the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(1)(B), or (2) the action was a "mass action" under the CAFA, § 1332(d)(11)(B). The State of Mississippi, Appellee, then moved to remand the case to state court, and the...

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