Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Merrell_Dow_Pharmaceuticals_Inc._v._Thompson
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 478 U.S. 804
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1986-06-16
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
Justice William H. Burger
gptkbp:docketNumber 85-619
gptkbp:heldBy A complaint alleging a violation of a federal statute as an element of a state law claim does not automatically confer federal question jurisdiction.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Justice_Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Brennan
gptkb:Justice_Blackmun
gptkb:Justice_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_Powell
gptkb:Justice_White
gptkbp:legalSubject federal question jurisdiction
removal jurisdiction
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:petitioner Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Food,_Drug,_and_Cosmetic_Act
federal jurisdiction
state law claims
gptkbp:response gptkb:Thompson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Merrell_Dow_Pharmaceuticals
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7