On April 7, 2014, the Supreme Court accepted certiorari review in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLC v. Owens, No. 13-719, to resolve a circuit split regarding whether the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) requires a removing defendant to submit evidence in support of removal at the time of the notice of removal or whether evidence can be submitted later in response to a motion to remand. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas had remanded a putative class action removed under...
