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ROBERTS v. MARS PETCARE US, INC.

No. 17-6122.

874 F.3d 953 (2017)

Randy ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARS PETCARE US, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 2, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles Barrett , NEAL & HARWELL, PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Xiao Wang , WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Charles Barrett , NEAL & HARWELL, PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, Gordon Ball , GORDON BALL, PLLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Xiao Wang , WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP, Washington, D.C., R. Dale Grimes , Russell E. Stair , BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: GIBBONS, SUTTON, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 extends federal court jurisdiction to class actions on behalf of 100 or more people and in request of $5 million or more in damages so long as "any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State different from any defendant." 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d)(2...

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