Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson (17-1471)

Question

Does the Class Action Fairness Act permit removal to federal court by a third-party counterclaim defendant?
Does Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U.S. 100 (1941)—which holds that an original plaintiff may not remove a counterclaim against it—extend to third-party counterclaim defendants?

Petitioner: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Respondent: George W. Jackson

Granted: 2018-09-27 00:00:00

Decided: 2019-05-28 00:00:00

Argued: 2019-01-15 10:15:00

Uploaded: 2019-01-21 14:44:00

Advocates: William P. Barnette, F. Paul Bland, Jr.

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