SCOTUS Oral Argument in Standard Fire v. Knowles

Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles (No. 11-1450), which considers whether plaintiffs can block CAFA removal by stipulating that the class is seeking damages below the $5 million threshold for CAFA diversity jurisdiction. Check out the oral argument transcript.

For additional coverage:

• Associated Press (Mark Sherman)
• Bloomberg (Greg Stohr)
• How Appealing (Howard Bashman)
• National Law Journal (Tony Mauro)
• N.Y. Times (Adam Liptak)
• Reuters (Jonathan Stempel)
• SCOTUSblog (Prof. Debra Lyn Bassett, Southwestern Law School)
• @SCOTUSHUMOR (Prof. Jay Wexler, Boston University)

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