Taco Bell Workers’ Wage Class Action Sent Back to State Court

A California Taco Bell franchise must face a wage and hour class action in California state court, a federal court said June 19.

Two exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act apply, making federal jurisdiction inappropriate, Judge Nathanael M. Cousins wrote for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The suit covers almost 12,000 employees of Golden Gate Bell LLC.

CAFA allows defendants to move most large class actions to federal court. But the home state and local controversy exceptions prevent federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over some cases that state courts have an added interest in ...