8th Circuit Voids Remand Of Property Owners’ Suit Over Radioactive Waste In Landfill

Mealey's (July 13, 2021, 10:56 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Property owners’ allegations that all of the defendants in a proposed class action over the mishandling of radioactive waste in a landfill engaged in the same conduct were not specific enough to trigger the Class Action Fairness Act’s (CAFA) local controversy exception, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held July 8.  Accordingly, it reversed a lower court’s order remanding the action to state court....