Alyssa Conn

Alyssa Conn

August 22, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Getting Out of Dodge II: Any Defendant Does Not Mean 'Any' Defendant

Does a “defendant” under the removal statute mean a third-party counterclaim defendant? Does “any defendant” under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) truly mean "any" defendant? According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the answer, in all of these questions, is no.

By Shannon McClure and Alyssa Conn

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