California Federal Judge: Local Controversy Exception Doesn’t Apply To Wage Suit

Mealey's (February 2, 2017, 7:31 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California man who filed a wage-and-hour class complaint against his former employer in state court failed to show, when requesting remand after the case was removed to federal court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), that the local controversy exception applied, a California federal magistrate judge ruled Jan. 25 (Henry Hernandez v. Sysco Corporation, et al., No. 16-6723, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10538)....

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