Spokeo v. Robins – which confirmed that a plaintiff’s allegation of a defendant’s statutory violation without accompanying concrete harm fails to satisfy Article III’s “case or controversy” requirement – has brought the issue of standing to the forefront in a variety of class action cases. Standing has become a frequent weapon in the defense’s arsenal,
7th Circuit Affirms Plaintiff’s Own Estimates of Class Size Can Satisfy CAFA
In Roppo v. Travelers Commercial Insurance Company, the Seventh Circuit held that even after a motion to remand CAFA removal jurisdiction can be sufficiently established by a defendant’s “good faith estimates” of the amount in controversy based on the number of class members plaintiff had alleged in the complaint. The lawsuit challenged Travelers’ alleged