District Court Errs in Analyzing Citizenship Under CAFA Local-Controversy Exception: Eighth Circuit | Practical Law
In Hood v. Gilster-Mary Lee Corp., the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court's order remanding a class action back to state court because the plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of proof regarding citizenship, and therefore did not qualify for the local-controversy exception to federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA).