Sixth Circuit Creates Circuit Split: Residency-Domicile Presumption Applies to CAFA's Local Controversy Exception | Practical Law
In Mason v. Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, P.C., the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that each putative class member's residence was presumptively his domicile for purposes of the Class Action Fairness Act's (CAFA) local controversy exception. In so holding, the court split from five circuit courts that have considered the issue.