Editors’ Note — This post originally appeared in Rennerclassactions.com, and is reprinted by permission. The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles , a case that dealt with the extent to which plaintiffs can avoid federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”) by pleading around it. (See our March 20, 2013 post.) On May … Continue Reading
Editors’ Note: This post is a joint submission to this blog and rennerclassactions.com. In The Standard Fire Insurance Co.v. Knowles, No. 11-1450, a unanimous decision yesterday written by Justice Breyer, the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff cannot stipulate to an amount of damages for a putative class in order to avoid federal jurisdiction under … Continue Reading
On August 31st, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari review of a case involving the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”). In The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, No. 11-1450, plaintiff’s counsel tried to avoid the federal jurisdiction mandated by CAFA by stipulating that the damages sought by the putative class would be … Continue Reading
