Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2018

Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson

Decided May 28, 2019. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-1471 · 587 U.S. 435 · Cited 714 times

Holding

Neither the general removal provision, 28 U. S. C. §1441(a), nor the removal provision in the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, §1453(b), permit a third-party counterclaim defendant to remove a class-action claim from state to federal court.

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