United States Ninth Circuit

The structure of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) and the long-standing rule on proof of exceptions to removal dictate that the party seeking remand bears the burden of proof as to any exception under CAFA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2007
• Decided 02/22/2007
• Published 02/22/2007

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, RICHARD D. CUDAHY, and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mark R. Thierman, Esq., Thierman Law Firm, Reno, NV, for the plaintiff-appellee., Michael Hoffman, Esq., Littler Mendelson, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellants.