United States Ninth Circuit

In a parens patriae lawsuit brought by the state of Nevada against a bank and several related entities, alleging that the defendants misled Nevada consumers about the terms and operation of the bank's home mortgage modification and foreclosure processes, the district court's denial of Nevada's motion to remand to state court is reversed, where: 1) the district court lacked jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), because parens patriae actions are not removable under CAFA, and the action did not otherwise satisfy CAFA's "mass action" requirements; and 2) the district court lacked federal question jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2012
• Published 03/02/2012

Judges

• Wardlaw

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Catherine Cortez Masto, Matthew W. Close