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PORTILLO v. NAT. FREIGHT, INC.

Civil Action No. 15-7908 (JBS/KMW).

169 F.Supp.3d 585 (2016)

John F. PORTILLO, Rafael Suarez, Martin Duran, German Bencosme, Edin Vargas, Luis A. Hernandez, Josue Paz, and Alvaro Castaneda, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FREIGHT, INC. and NFI Interactive Logistics, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Signed March 15, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexandra K. Piazza, Esq. , Shanon J. Carson, Esq. , Sarah Schalman-Bergen, Esq. , BERGER & MONTAGUE PC, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 and Harold Lichten, Esq. , Thomas Fowler, Esq. , Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., 729 Boylston Street, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02116 and James W. Simpson, Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of James W. Simpson, Jr. P.C., 100 Concord Street, Suite 3B, Framingham, MA 01702, Counsel for Plaintiffs.

Robert H. Bernstein, Esq. , James N. Boudreau, Esq. , Mark D. Lurie, Esq. , GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP, 500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932, Counsel for Defendants.

OPINION

This case presents interesting issues regarding the timing of the removability of a class action upon the jurisdictional grounds of "minimal diversity" under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, and especially 28 U.S.C. §§ 1446(b)(1) and (b)(3) which create two periods of time for such a removal...

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