U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Class Action Fairness Appeal

Mealey's (September 27, 2018, 10:07 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 27 granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. seeking a ruling on whether the original defendant in a class action may “remove the class action if it otherwise satisfied the jurisdictional requirements of the Class Action Fairness Act when the class action was originally asserted as a counterclaim against a co-defendant” (Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. George W. Jackson, No. 17-1471, U.S. Sup.)....