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Article: U.S. 4th Circuit Court: Dennison v. Carolina Payday Loans, Inc., US4th No. 08-2187
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2009
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Civil Procedure
Diversity jurisdiction
BOTTOM LINE: Defendant failed to establish minimal diversity
under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, because it could not
demonstrate than any member of prospective class was a citizen of a
State different from that of defendant.
CASE: Dennison v. Carolina Payday Loans, Inc., US4th No. 08-2187
(decided Dec. 12, 2008) (Judges NIEMEYER & Traxler) (Judge Agee,
concurring in part and dissenting in part).
COUNSEL: Henrietta U. Golding, McNair Law Firm, PA, Myrtle Beach,
SC, for Appellant. Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley, Drake & Kallas,
LLC, New York, NY, for Appellee.
FACTS: Carrie Dennison, a citizen of South Carolina, filed an
action, in state court, ...