All Articles tagged federal jurisdiction

• General
  May 01, 2017 EDT
  ANOTHER LOOK AT SKELLY OIL AND FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
  Paul E. Salamanca

  If a state brings an action for declaratory relief under its own laws, the defendant sitting on a coercive action may not remove the case to federal court.

• General
  January 01, 2006 EDT
  FROM PROXY TO PRINCIPLE: FRAUDULENT JOINDER RECONSIDERED
  James M. Underwood

  This article proposes a change to the joinder analysis that will eliminate the doctrinal dilemmas with which the courts have grappled with in cases of federal diversity jurisdiction.