No. 22-209

Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC v. Gloria A. Addison, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: cafa circuit-split class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction local-single-event local-single-event-exception mass-action statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the phrase "an event or occurrence" in CAFA's local single event exception means what it says—"a single happening"—as the Ninth Circuit holds, or can it encompass an entire pattern or series of events occurring over a period of years, as the Third, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits hold.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the phrase 'an event or occurrence' in CAFA's local single event exception means what it says—'a single happening'—as the Ninth Circuit holds, or can it encompass an entire pattern or series of events occurring over a period of years, as the Third, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits hold

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-11-30
Reply of petitioner Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC filed. (Distributed)
2022-11-10
2022-10-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 10, 2022.
2022-10-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 11, 2022 to November 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Gloria A. Addison
Scott Lawrence NelsonPublic Citizen Litigation Group, Respondent
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC
Markham R. LeventhalCarlton Fields, P.A., Petitioner