Legal Opinion
Randy Roberts v. Mars Petcare US, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2017No. 17-6122PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
The Class Action Fairness Act of-2005 extends federal court jurisdiction to class actions on behalf of 100 or more people and in request of $5 million or more in damages so long as “any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State different from any defendant.” 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d)(2)(A), (d)(5), (d)(6). At issue is the quoted phrase. Randy Roberts filed this class action on behalf of Tennessee citizens in Tennessee state court against Mars Petcare US, a citizen of Tennessee and Delaware. Mars removed the case to federal court, invoking its Delaware…
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