| 24-456 |
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Beth Bacher, Representative for Paul Bacher, Deceased, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
|
class-action-fairness-act federal-removal mass-action statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-consolidation |
Whether plaintiffs' intent matters in assessing if plaintiffs have "proposed" a joint trial of the claims of 100 or more persons pursuant to 28 U.S.C.… |
| 23-1024 |
Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Angela Sudholt, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
ability-to-pay cafa circuit-split class-action class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction home-state-exception primary-defendant real-target |
1. Whether a court should consider a defendant's ability to pay a judgment when determining whether the defendant is a "primary defendant" under CAFA'… |
| 23-225 |
Keith M. Krupka, et al. v. Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-11 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction negligence securities securities-exception securities-law statutory-construction underwriter underwriter-liability |
Whether a state law negligence claim based solely on an underwriter's acts and omissions with respect to a securities offering document "relates to th… |
| 23A205 |
Erie Indemnity Company v. Erie Insurance Exchange, an unincorporated association, by Troy Stephenson, Christina Stephenson, and Steven Barnett, trustees ad litem |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
class-action-definition class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction procedural-gamesmanship removal-jurisdiction rule-41-dismissal |
Whether class action plaintiffs may subvert the jurisdictional protections of the Class Action Fairness Act through procedural gamesmanship by dismiss… |
| 22-987 |
Polaris Industries Inc., et al. v. Jeremy Albright |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-11 |
Denied |
|
abstention-doctrine cafa civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act equitable-jurisdiction federal-courts forum-shopping subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether CAFA's mandatory grant of subject matter jurisdiction and enumeration of limited equitable bases authorizing abstention require district court… |
| 22-257 |
Lorraine Adell v. Cellco Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-consent article-iii article-iii-adjudication civil-rights class-action-fairness-act constitutional-waiver contract-law diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-arbitration-act |
I. Although the waiver of the personal right to
an Article III adjudication and other fundamental
constitutional rights must be voluntary, the Sixth
C… |
| 22-209 |
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC v. Gloria A. Addison, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
|
cafa circuit-split class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction local-single-event local-single-event-exception mass-action statutory-interpretation |
Whether the phrase "an event or occurrence" in CAFA's local single event exception means what it says—"a single happening"—as the Ninth Circuit holds,… |
| 21-683 |
John C. Kitchin, Jr., et al. v. Bridgeton Landfill, LLC, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act defendant-conduct federal-jurisdiction local-controversy-exception significant-basis statutory-interpretation |
Under the Class Action Fairness Act's "local controversy" exception, a federal district court must decline jurisdiction over a class action in which, … |
| 20-1705 |
Renovo Services, LLC, et al. v. George Badeen, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-09 |
Denied |
|
amount-in-controversy class-action-fairness-act district-court-jurisdiction federal-procedure federalism-separation-of-powers removal-statute rules-enabling-act separation-of-powers statutory-deadline statutory-deadlines |
This appeal presents important questions not yet settled by this Court related to federalism and the separation of powers. Specifically, the case pres… |
| 19-887 |
Aryeh Simon, et ux. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
cafa civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act constitution constitutional-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity statutory-interpretation |
The United States Constitution requires that parties have at least minimally diverse citizenship for a federal court to exercise diversity jurisdictio… |
| 18-1578 |
Pfizer Inc. v. Alida Adamyan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
cafa-removal civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-court joint-trial mass-action products-liability removal state-court state-court-proposal |
This Petition presents an important, unsettled, and recurring question concerning the "mass action" provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)… |
| 18-1352 |
Commerce Bank v. Beverly Williamson, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-court jurisdictional-requirements original-defendant removal removal-statute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a counterclaim defendant in a state court class action is "any defendant" entitled to remove a class action which satisfies the jurisdictional… |
| 18A980 |
Pfizer Inc. v. Alida Adamyan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
CAFA class-action-fairness-act federal-question-jurisdiction joint-trial mass-action-removal products-liability |
Whether a state court's sua sponte proposal that claims brought by thousands of plaintiffs from around the country be "tried jointly" qualifies for "m… |