United States First Circuit

Where a district court dismisses the federal portion of a case and remands the remaining state claims to state court, it may vacate its remand order without altering the finality of the order for purposes of federal jurisdiction on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2005
• Published 10/31/2005

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Connolly, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James R. Erwin, with whom Katharine I. Rand and Pierce Atwood LLP, were on brief, for appellees.