United States Eighth Circuit

In a class action against a Missouri limited liability company that processed residential mortgage documents, and a California limited partnership that provided residential mortgages, alleging that defendants unlawfully charged plaintiff and other Missouri residents a "broker processing fee" and an "administrative fee," respectively, in residential mortgage financing transactions, the district court's order remanding the action to state court is vacated where the district court was required to resolve any doubt about the applicability of the Class Action Fairness Act's local-controversy exception against plaintiff, the party who sought remand and the party who bore the burden of establishing that the exception applied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2010
• Published 09/20/2010

Judges

• Pasco Bowman

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel