Cordell Sanders v. Michael Melvin

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• holding that extrinsic evidence may be considered in determining whether the significant-basis requirement is met
• concluding that a local defendant’s conduct was not “significant” because extrinsic evidence showed that the local defendant’s injury-causing conduct was mandated by the nonlocal defendant
• \CAFA removal is not foreclosed by the complaint's conclusory allegations that the local defendants engaged in the same conduct as the diverse defendant . . . .\
• considering relevant affidavits in addition to the complaint

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