Agullard v. Principal Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[S]tates and state agencies or instrumentalities have no state 'citizenship' for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.\
• \[S]tates and state agencies or instrumentalities have no state 'citizenship' for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.\
• “breach of contract [is a] state-law claim[ ] that provide[s] no basis for federal 20 question jurisdiction”
• breach of 11 contract and bad faith insurance claims “provide no basis for federal question jurisdiction”
• “To better understand the underlying concerns 27 and reasons for ERISA generally and for the ‘government plan’ exemption more 28 specifically, some courts have also considered the legislative history of ERISA’s 1 | enactment.”

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