6th Circuit: Attorney General’s Pricing Lawsuit Is Not A Class Action Under CAFA

Mealey's (March 31, 2020, 1:08 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A propane pricing lawsuit brought by the Michigan attorney general on behalf of consumers under the state’s Consumer Protection Act is not a class action for the purposes of removal under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority ruled on March 27, affirming a trial court’s remand order (Dana Nessel, et al. v. AmeriGas Partners, L.P., et al., No. 20-1098, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 9627)....