Legal Opinion
Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 19, 2013No. 11-1450PublishedCited by 520 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) provides that the federal “district courts shall have original jurisdiction” over a civil “class action” if, among other things, the “matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5,000,000.” 28 U. S. C. §§ 1332(d)(2), (5). The statute adds that “to determine whether the .matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5,000,000,” the “claims of the individual class members shall be aggregated.” § 1332(d)(6).
The question presented concerns a class-action plaintiff who stipulates, prior to certification of the class, that he, and the class…
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