Legal Opinion
Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1998No. 96-1971PublishedCited by 906 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Congress has provided for removal of eases from state court to federal court when the plaintiff’s eomplaint alleges a claim arising under federal law. Congress has not authorized removal based on a defense or anticipated defense federal in character. This ease presents the question whether removal may be predicated on a defendant’s assertion that a prior federal judgment has disposed of the entire matter and thus bars plaintiffs from later pursuing a state-law-based case. We reaffirm that removal is improper in such a ease. In so holding we clarify and confine to its specific context the…
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