In Cheapside Minerals, Ltd. v. Devon Energy Production Co., L.P., 94 F.4th 492 (5th Cir. 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed an unresolved question regarding the local controversy exception under...more
Federal district court orders remanding cases to state court are generally not appealable, as provided by 28 U.S.C. ยง 1447(d). One exception to this is that the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) allows a court of appeals, in...more