RAMIREZ v. VINTAGE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC

Nos. 17-1221 & 17-1226.

852 F.3d 324 (2017)

Melissa RAMIREZ, et al. v. VINTAGE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Endo Health Solutions, Inc., f/k/o Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.; Patheon, Inc. Patheon, Inc.; Appellant in 17-1121 Vintage Pharmaceuticals, LLC; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Appellants in 17-1126.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: March 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara R. Binis , REED SMITH LLP, 1717 Arch Street, Three Logan Square, Suite 3100, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Angela R. Vicari [Argued], ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, 250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019, Counsel for Appellants Vintage Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. & Endo Health Solutions, Inc.

Christopher R. Carton , Loly G. Tor , K & L GATES LLP, One Newark Center, 10th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Amy L. Groff , K & L GATES LLP, 17 North Second Street, 18th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, Counsel for Appellant Patheon Inc.

Steven L. Beard , STEVEN L. BEARD, P.C., Suite 2100, 1380 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W., Atlanta, GA 30327, Keith D. Bodoh [Argued], ROBERTSON, BODOH & NASRALLAH, LLP, 990 Cobb Parkway North, Suite 205A, Marietta, GA 30062, Walter Z. Steinman , LAW OFFICES OF WALTER Z. STEINMAN, 400 Greenwood Avenue, Wyncote, PA 19095, Counsel for Appellees, Melissa Ramirez, et al.

Before: CHAGARES, VANASKIE, and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA"), Pub. L. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005), extends federal jurisdiction to "mass actions." See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(11). One mandatory characteristic of a mass action is a proposal by more than one...

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