Ninth Circuit Revives CAFA Jurisdiction in Light of Standard Fire v. Knowles | Practical Law
In Rodriguez v. AT&T Mobility Services, the US Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit ruled that, in accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, a plaintiff filing a class action cannot stipulate in the complaint that the amount in controversy is less than the $5 million required for federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). Instead, defendants must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the aggregate amount in controversy exceeds $5 million to establish federal jurisdiction.