Legal Opinion
John Rolwing v. Nestle Holdings, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2012No. 11-3445PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Nestle Holdings, Inc. (“Nestle”) appeals the district court’s 1 order remanding this putative class action to the jurisdiction of the state courts of Missouri. Because at the time the case was removed it did not meet the requirements for federal subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d), 1453, 1711-15, we affirm the order of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
On January 15, 2001, Nestle agreed to a merger with Ralston Purina Company that provided for the cash purchase of Ralston Purina’s common stock by Nestle.…
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