state-law-claim

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1068 Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell Missouri 2025-04-09 Granted CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (3) epa-approval failure-to-warn fifra-preemption pesticide-regulation product-labeling state-law-claim Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim where EPA has repeatedly concluded that the warning is not required and the warning cannot be…
24-334 Innovative Fibers LLC, et al. v. Parker O'Neil Wideman, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-09-24 Dismissed agency-jurisdiction circuit-split diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction merits-defense state-law-claim When state law vests a state agency with exclusive jurisdiction over a claim, should a federal court decide for itself at the outset whether to dismis…
22-1229 Ronnie D. Ward, et al. v. Cross Keys Bank, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied appellate-review article-iii-court bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review state-law-claim subject-matter-jurisdiction supervisory-power Should a case removed to bankruptcy court proceed through three levels of federal court without proof of subject matter jurisdiction?
22-1180 Shire U.S., Inc., et al. v. Mark Blackburn Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied Amici (1) drug-labeling fda-preapproval FDA-regulations federal-preemption pliva-v-mensing preemption prescription-drugs state-law-claim state-law-claims unilateral-change unilateral-label-changes Whether a state-law claim is preempted if it places a duty on a drug manufacturer to unilaterally change FDA-approved language that appears in the Hig…
21-1571 Rozalyn Ragan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles Phillip Ragan, Deceased v. Melissa Ragan, aka Melissa Hudson Colorado 2022-06-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) after an ERISA plan administrator has fully distr ERISA preempts a claimant's state-law right to th beneficiary-rights benefit-distribution distribution distribution-dispute erisa ERISA-preemption federal-court-jurisdiction life-insurance life-insurance-proceeds plan-administrator preemption state-law state-law-claim Whether ERISA preempts a state-law claim to recover life insurance plan proceeds after distribution
19-733 Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. v. Jamey Murphy Connecticut 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived federal-railroad-safety-act passenger-platform preemption state-law-claim state-law-claims track-conditions track-safety train-speed transportation-regulation Does the Federal Railroad Safety Act preempt a state-law claim that a train may not travel on a track next to a passenger platform at the operating sp…
19-5370 Pedro Medina Castillon v. California California 2019-07-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction harmless-error heat-of-passion jury-instructions penal-code preemption standing state-law-claim subject-matter-jurisdiction vagueness Whether the federal court had proper pendent jurisdiction over state law claims
18-579 Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Judy Schurke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-requirement civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement federal-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act labor-preemption labor-relations ninth-circuit-ruling preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claim state-law-claims Whether federal courts lack authority to inquire into the nature and scope of an alleged state law claim in determining whether resolution of that cla…