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COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs-appellees are former employees of Lep Profit International, Inc. (“Lep Profit”), which had been sold and became Geologistics Americas, Inc. (“Geologistics”). They brought suit in the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance charging that Geologistics, Caribbean Transportation Services, Inc. (“Caribbean”), Federal Express Corporation (“FedEx”), Teamsters Union of Puerto Rico, Local 901 (“Union”), and Jos� C�diz, an official of the union, had terminated their employment in violation of their collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) and had interfered with their contractual rights. No law, federal or Puerto Rican, was cited in the complaint; the only reference was to “the applicable labor laws.” Defendants were successful in removing the case to federal district court, the court agreeing that the complaint in substance alleged violations of Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. � 185, Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. � 159, the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. � 151, and Puerto Rican contract and tort law.

 
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