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091096P.pdf   10/20/2009  Michael Casey  v.  North American Savings
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1096
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Bright and Riley, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - banking. Because the court retained subject matter jurisdiction under 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1819(b)(2)(A), dismissal of the claims against the FDIC did not require a remand under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1447(c); rule of unanimity did not limit the FDIC's unilateral power of removal under Sec. 1819(b)(2)(B); assuming 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1441(c) can be properly invoked in this matter, the threshold for triggering the court's discretion to remand is not met; remand is not required to preserve Missouri's ability to regulate the legal profession and prevent unauthorized practice of law; a state law that either on its face or as applied imposes requirements regarding the examples listed in 12 C.F.R. Sec. 560.2(b) is preempted; here, the Missouri statutes on which plaintiffs base their claim that charging homeowners fees for legal documents prepared by nonlawyers violates Missouri law fall within the type of "loan-related fees" set out in Sec. 560.2(b)(5), and the statutes are preempted.