Adam Jones v. Bath & Body Works, LLC

MEMORANDUM

This is an appeal, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1453 (c), of the district court’s order remanding the underlying putative class action to state court. Reviewing the district court’s remand order de novo, Abrego Abrego v. Dow Chem. Co., 443 F.3d 676, 679 (9th Cir.2006) (per curiam), we reverse the district court’s remand order and conclude that the district court has jurisdiction pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1382 (d).

The sole dispute on appeal was whether defendant has met its burden of proof under CAFA to establish that the. amount in controversy exceeds $5 million, but this dispute no longer existed when we heard oral arguments of the parties. At oral argument, plaintiff conceded that the evidence submitted by defendant, if credited, is sufficient to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million. Plaintiff also conceded in its answering brief that “the district court may not have fully considered the sample data submitted by [defendant]. If the estimated amounts from the sample data were extrapolated to cover all eligible putative class members, then the figures provided for the…