Minnesota v. API, 63 F.4th 703 (8th Cir. 2023)
Minnesota sued fossil fuel producers in state court for common law fraud and violations of Minnesota’s consumer protection statutes, alleging misrepresentations about the fuel’s effects on the environment. The companies removed the case to federal court, which remanded it to state court, and the companies appealed. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the remand, noting that all…
Commonwealth ex rel. Conway v. Purdue Pharma (In re Oxycontin Antitrust Litigation), 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 111068 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
Kentucky, through its Attorney General, brought an action in state court alleging that defendants violated Kentucky state law by misleading health care providers, consumers, and government officials regarding the risks of addiction associated with the prescription drug OxyContin. Defendants removed the action to federal court, arguing the federal court had federal question jurisdiction and that…
