PCS 2000 LP v. ROMULUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 98-1124.

148 F.3d 32 (1998)

PCS 2000 LP, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. ROMULUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillermo Ramos Luiña and Rivera, Tulla & Ferrer on brief for appellants.

Jorge Bermúdez-Torregrosa and Cuevas, Kuinlam & Bermúdez on brief for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ROSENN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to address, for the first time, the question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 (1994) (the FAA), in and of itself confers subject matter jurisdiction on a federal court. We answer this question in the negative.

At all times material hereto, plaintiff-appellee Unicom Corporation, a Puerto Rico entity, functioned as the general partner of plaintiff-appellee PCS 2000 LP (PCS), a limited...

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