The Third Circuit Clarifies CAFA’s “Local Controversy Exception” on Unusual Facts

Walsh v. Defenders, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2018).  The “local controversy” exception to federal jurisdiction over putative class actions under the so-called Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. §1332(d) (“CAFA”), requires certain uniquely local cases that were filed in state court and removed by defendants to federal court to be remanded back […]

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