Legal Opinion
Lawless v. Steward Health Care Sys., LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 25, 2018No. 17-2128PPublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
At its inception, this appeal seemed to present a single question-albeit a novel one-about how to interpret the Massachusetts Wage Act (the Wage Act). See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, §§ 148 , 150. But appearances can be deceiving, cf. Aesop, The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (circa 550 B.C.), and at oral argument, a threshold question emerged as to the existence vel non of federal subject-matter jurisdiction. After careful consideration, we hold that federal subject-matter jurisdiction existed at the time of removal because there was then a colorable claim of complete preemption…
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