In a class action based on defendants’ alleged contamination of plaintiffs’ property through operation of a zinc smelter, the district court’s order granting plaintiffs’ motion to remand the case to state court is affirmed where plaintiffs’ claims fell within the “local controversy exception” to the Class Action Fairness Act.
Read Coffey v. Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, No. 09-6106
Appellate Information
Filed September 4, 2009
Judges
Per Curiam
Counsel
For Appellants:
Marie R. Yeates, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Austin, TX
Morgan L. Copeland, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Austin, TX
For Appellees:
Nelson J. Roach, Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP, Dangerfield, TX
Keith L. Langston, Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP, Dangerfield, TX
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