Legal Opinion
Arizona ex rel. Brnovich v. Volkswagen AG
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided June 23, 2016No. CV-16-01426-PHX-ROSPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Honorable Roslyn 0. Silver, Senior United States District Judge
The State of Arizona believes Volkswagen AG and a number of related companies violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act in marketing diesel vehicles. Volkswagen believes there is federal jurisdiction over this explicitly state-law claim because “[fjederal law is squarely at the heart of this Action.” (Doc. 33 at 3). That is not accurate. Arizona’s claim does not necessarily turn on federal law and this case must be remanded.
BACKGROUND
In 2007, Volkswagen set a goal of becoming “the world’s number one automaker” in terms of the…
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