Legal Opinion
Bell v. Hershey Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 26, 2009No. 08-2458PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
James Bell brought a purported class action in an Iowa court against five chocolate manufacturers for alleged violations of state antitrust laws. The manufacturers filed a notice of removal to the federal district court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), and Bell moved to remand to state court. After concluding that the amount in controversy was below the federal jurisdictional minimum, the district court remanded the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The manufacturers appeal, asserting that the district court erred by requiring them to prove…
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