Hollus v. Amtrak Northeast Corridor

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction over any action involving Amtrak\ and that jurisdiction is based on the \federal question\ statute
• stating that “federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction over any action involving Am- trak” and that jurisdiction is based on the “federal ques- tion” statute
• explaining that the reach of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), extends beyond diver- sity actions to cover federal question jurisdiction cases in which there is a state law cause of action
• determining state law applied in the absence of relevant federal law in a case against Amtrak with subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 1349
• “Because a majority of the capital stock of Amtrak is owned by the United States, the federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction over any action involving Amtrak.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).