9th Cir.;
15-35162
The court of appeals vacated a district court’s remand order and remanded the action for further proceedings. The court held that the Class Action Fairness Act’s local single event exception to federal jurisdiction encompasses only claims based on a singular happening. The court held further that even if the local single event exception could be more broadly construed, a property owners’ groundwater contamination suit against a manufacturer fell outside the exception where it alleged at least two distinct activities, namely one defendant’s long-term leeching of hazardous chemicals and another defendant’s long-term failure to properly remediate the pollution.
