Quiles Retamar, Jose v. a De Acueductos Y Alcantarillados

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• holding that a court may look beyond the allegations of the complaint when deciding a defendant’s citizenship under § 1332(d)(4)(A)(i)(II)(cc)
• teaching that some elements to CAFA exceptions must appear on the face of the complaint while others are facts the district court must find
• “Fact-finding is ‘necessitated by the existing jurisdictional statutes’ on questions of citizenship ....”- (quoting S. Rep. No. 109-14, at 44)
• rejecting the argument that “a determination whether ‘significant relief is sought’ against the local defendant under subsection (aa
• finding the requirement met even though the complaint “referred to actions taken by ‘Defendants,’ rather than actions taken separately by [the non-local defendant] or [the local defendant]”
• listing, for example, a defendant’s citizenship or the amount in controversy

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