AU OPTRONICS CORP. v. SOUTH CAROLINA

Nos. 11-254, 11-255.

699 F.3d 385 (2012)

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION; AU Optronics Corporation America, Petitioners, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA, Respondent. LG Display Co., Ltd.; LG Display America, Inc., Petitioners, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Walter Wilkins , Nexsen Pruet , Greenville, South Carolina, for AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation America. Henry L. Parr, Jr. , Wyche, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for LG Display Co., Ltd., and LG Display America, Inc. Susan Campbell , McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for State of South Carolina. ON BRIEF: Christopher Alan Nedeau , Carl Lawrence Blumenstein , Veronica Lashawn Harris , Nossaman, LLP, San Francisco, California; Kirsten E. Small , Nexsen Pruet , Greenville, South Carolina, for AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation America. Wallace K. Lightsey , Sarah S. Batson , Wade S. Kolb, III , Wyche, PA, Greenville, South Carolina; Michael R. Lazerwitz , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, New York, for LG Display Co., Ltd., and LG Display America, Inc. Alan M. Wilson , Attorney General, C. Havird Jones, Jr. , Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina; Chad A. McGowan , McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC, Rock Hill, South Carolina, for State of South Carolina.

Petitions for permission to appeal granted and remand decisions affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge KEENAN joined.


OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

Defendants AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation America (together, "AU Optronics") and LG Display Co., Ltd., and LG Display America, Inc. (together, "LG Display"), seek to appeal the district court's rejection of their assertions of federal court jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA"). The State of South Carolina initiated these cases in state court, alleging violations of the State...

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