Legal Opinion
Kaufman v. Allstate New Jersey Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 26, 2009No. 08-4911, 08-4912, 08-4913PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) 1 confers jurisdiction on federal courts over certain class actions in which any defendant and any class member are citizens of different states. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2). CAFA further enables any defendant to remove a qualifying class action to federal court. Id. § 1453(b). Under CAFA’s “local controversy” exception, however, a federal court must decline jurisdiction if certain conditions are met, including that a super-majority of the members of the putative class and at least one significant defendant are from the state…
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