( August 28, 2026, 10:27 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s remand of a class action alleging that Missouri marijuana dispensaries collected an unlawful county sales tax from customers, holding that under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, the local controversy exception to jurisdiction in the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) applied once the plaintiffs amended their complaint to limit the class to citizens of Missouri....