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First Circuit articulates criteria for accepting discretionary appeal under Class Action Fairness Act of order remanding putative class action to state court, holds class certifiability is irrelevant to existence of federal jurisdiction

• Foley Hoag LLP
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• Puerto Rico, USA
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• April 14 2010

In College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 585 F.3d 33 (1st Cir. 2009), a statutorily-created, compulsory-membership association of Puerto Rico dentists sued multiple insurance companies in a Puerto Rico trial court alleging that defendants’ practices violated Puerto Rico law and harmed association members