Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Angela Sudholt, et al.
Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly applied the "internal affairs" exception to the Class Action Fairness Act in holding that a class action challenging a mutual insurance company's reserve levels and seeking distribution of reserves to policyholders relates to the internal affairs of the corporation.
Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly applied CAFA's "home-state controversy" exception in determining that Country Mutual is a "primary" defendant for purposes of that exception.
Whether the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) permits federal courts to exercise jurisdiction over class actions involving state-specific insurance disputes when internal affairs and home-state controversy exceptions are invoked