Mealey's (October 19, 2017, 9:22 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An employer that removed a wage-and-hour class suit to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) initially sufficiently challenged the plaintiffs’ amount-in-controversy calculation but then failed to meet its heightened burden when the plaintiffs moved to remand, a California federal judge ruled Oct. 5, sending the case back to state court (Juan Contreras, et al. v. J.R. Simplot Company, et al., No. 17-585, E.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166359)....