Posts tagged Owens v. Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company.
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA") outlines the federal courts' diversity jurisdiction over class actions. Among other things, it increased the amount in controversy to $5 million (28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2), (6)), and rather than complete diversity, only requires one plaintiff be diverse from one defendant (28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2)). In a recent case, the issue arose as to whether the defendant merely had to allege jurisdictional facts to support removal of the matter to federal court, or whether it had to submit evidence to support, for instance, the amount in controversy ...
Posted in: Third Circuit Court
Tags: CAFA, Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, LLC, Owens v. Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company, supreme court, U.S. Supreme Court