Aggregation Aggravation: Cappuccitti's Effect On CAFA

Law360 (September 20, 2010, 2:58 PM EDT) -- On July 19 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck a blow to jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act. It held that the federal courts lack original diversity jurisdiction for CAFA class actions where putative class members merely aggregate their claims to exceed the amount-in-controversy threshold of $5 million....

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