| 24-456 |
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Beth Bacher, Representative for Paul Bacher, Deceased, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
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class-action-fairness-act federal-removal mass-action statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-consolidation |
Whether plaintiffs' intent matters in assessing if plaintiffs have 'proposed' a joint trial of the claims of 100 or more persons pursuant to 28 U.S.C.… |
| 23-1024 |
Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Angela Sudholt, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
ability-to-pay cafa circuit-split class-action class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction home-state-exception primary-defendant real-target |
Whether a court should consider a defendant's ability to pay a judgment when determining whether the defendant is a primary defendant' under CAFA's ho… |
| 23-225 |
Keith M. Krupka, et al. v. Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-11 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction negligence securities securities-exception securities-law statutory-construction underwriter underwriter-liability |
Whether a state law negligence claim based solely on an underwriter's acts and omissions with respect to a securities offering document relates to the… |
| 23A205 |
Erie Indemnity Company v. Erie Insurance Exchange, an unincorporated association, by Troy Stephenson, Christina Stephenson, and Steven Barnett, trustees ad litem |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Presumed Complete |
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class-action-definition class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction procedural-gamesmanship removal-jurisdiction rule-41-dismissal |
Whether the Class Action Fairness Act permits federal courts to exercise removal jurisdiction over cases that plaintiffs attempt to restyle or refile … |
| 22-987 |
Polaris Industries Inc., et al. v. Jeremy Albright |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-11 |
Denied |
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abstention-doctrine cafa civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act equitable-jurisdiction federal-courts forum-shopping subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether CAFA's mandatory grant of subject matter jurisdiction and enumeration of limited equitable bases authorizing abstention require district court… |
| 22-257 |
Lorraine Adell v. Cellco Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-consent article-iii article-iii-adjudication civil-rights class-action-fairness-act constitutional-waiver contract-law diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-arbitration-act |
Whether the voluntariness of the waiver of the personal right to an Article III adjudication under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) and co… |
| 22-209 |
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC v. Gloria A. Addison, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
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cafa circuit-split class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction local-single-event local-single-event-exception mass-action statutory-interpretation |
Whether the phrase 'an event or occurrence' in CAFA's local single event exception means what it says—'a single happening'—as the Ninth Circuit holds,… |
| 21-683 |
John C. Kitchin, Jr., et al. v. Bridgeton Landfill, LLC, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
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circuit-split civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act defendant-conduct federal-jurisdiction local-controversy-exception significant-basis statutory-interpretation |
Whether the local defendant's alleged conduct can satisfy the 'significant basis' requirement of CAFA's local controversy exception where it is the sa… |
| 20-1705 |
Renovo Services, LLC, et al. v. George Badeen, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-09 |
Denied |
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amount-in-controversy class-action-fairness-act district-court-jurisdiction federal-procedure federalism-separation-of-powers removal-statute rules-enabling-act separation-of-powers statutory-deadline statutory-deadlines |
Whether a district court can extend the mandatory statutory deadline to file a motion for remand under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) without violating the const… |
| 19-887 |
Aryeh Simon, et ux. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
cafa civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act constitution constitutional-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court can disregard the requirement of minimal diversity to exercise jurisdiction over a case that undisputedly lacks diversity, bas… |
| 18-1578 |
Pfizer Inc. v. Alida Adamyan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
cafa-removal civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-court joint-trial mass-action products-liability removal state-court state-court-proposal |
Whether a state court's proposal to try jointly the claims of more than 100 plaintiffs can qualify for 'mass action' removal under the Class Action Fa… |
| 18-1352 |
Commerce Bank v. Beverly Williamson, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-court jurisdictional-requirements original-defendant removal removal-statute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a counterclaim defendant in a state court class action is any defendant' entitled to remove a class action which satisfies the jurisdictional … |