Legal Opinion
College of Dental Surgeons v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 2009No. 09-2201PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The pivotal question in this appeal is whether removal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005), may attach even though the complaint does not specifically define a proposed class. The district court answered this question in the negative and remanded the case to the local court in which it had originated. Coll. of Dental Surgeons of P.R. v. Triple-S Mgmt., Inc., Civ. No. 09-1209, 2009 WL 1076308, at *2 (D.P.R. Apr. 21, 2009). On September 1, 2009, we granted an application for leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal from…
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