Opinion analysis: Precertification stipulations to limit class damages are not binding
Debra Lyn Bassett is the Justice Marshall F. McComb Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School.
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Argument recap: Manipulation versus “master of the complaint”
Debra Lyn Bassett is the Justice Marshall F. McComb Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School. Neither side had an easy time in yesterday’s oral argument in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, a case addressing whether a class action can avoid removal to federal court by stipulating to limit damages below the jurisdictional amount.
Argument preview: Avoiding removal by limiting damages?
On January 7, in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, the Court will hear its first Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) case – to consider whether a state class action complaint can avoid removal by limiting the damages sought to less than the federal jurisdictional amount.