CAFA Law Blog

Kendrick v. Xerox State and Local Solutions, Inc., et al., 18-cv-00213 (N.D. Cal. 2018). In granting plaintiffs’ motion to remand, a district court in California found that an action may be dee...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/a-private-entity-may-be-treated-as-a-state-actor-under-section-1332d5-when-intertwined-with-state-actors-such-that-the-actions-of-one-can-be-imputed-on-others

Cedar Lodge Plantation LLC et al. v. CSHV Fairway View II LLC ,768 F.3d 425 (5th Cir. 2014). The Fifth Circuit reversed an order remanding a class action to state court, holding that the applica...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/local-controversy-exception-to-cafa-cannot-be-invoked-on-the-basis-of-post-removal-amendments

Myrick v. WellPoint, Inc., 764 F.3d 662 (7th Cir. 2014). The Seventh Circuit held that a District Court’s denial of plaintiffs’ motion to remand due to their failure to meet their burden of p...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/seventh-circuit-lawyers-who-launch-class-actions-are-not-in-a-good-position-to-complain-about-the-expenses-they-entail

Whisenant v. Sheridan Production Co., LLC, 627 F. App’x. 706 (10th Cir. 2015) This decision concerns the reversal of a denial of a motion to remand. Plaintiff brought a putative class action in...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/interest-payments-tied-solely-to-delay-in-paying-amounts-in-controversy-insufficient-to-establish-cafa-jurisdiction

Clay v. Chobani LLC, 2015 WL 4743891 (S.D. Cal. Aug.10, 2015). In this action, a District Court declined to remand the action to state court finding that the defendants had satisfied their burden...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/district-court-holds-that-amount-in-controversy-can-be-proven-by-a-reasonable-chain-of-logic-flowing-from-the-allegations-of-the-complaint

Windom v. BorgWarner, Inc., 2014 WL 10290888 (S.D. Miss. Oct. 17, 2014). In an action brought by clients against their former attorneys, the district court found that, in determining the amount i...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/when-the-amount-in-controversy-is-disputed-the-propriety-of-remand-comes-down-to-math

Addison v. The Netherlands Ins. Co., 2015 WL 461958 (D. Mass. Feb. 4, 2015) A district court in Massachusetts remanded a case to state court finding that a delay in filing a notice of removal unj...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/removal-untimely-where-state-court-pleading-acknowledges-grounds-for-removability-previously-ascertained

Lefevre v Connextions Inc., 2013 WL 6241732 (N.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2013). In this action, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas found that the plaintiffs failed to disti...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/local-defendants-must-be-significant-defendants

Grozco v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc., 2015 WL 411209 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 30, 2015). A district court in California denied a motion to remand, finding that the defendant had sufficiently established by...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/defendants-assumptions-deemed-appropriate-in-determining-amount-in-controversy

Mendoza v Microsoft Inc., 2014 WL 842929 (W.D. Tex. March 5, 2014). In this action, a Texas district court found that CAFA cannot interfere with contractually valid forum selection clauses, and t...

https://www.cafalawblog.com/uncategorized/microsoft-blocks-a-cafa-challenge-on-transfer-of-venue