· 6/1/2016
In Re: P.N. of: P.N.
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- finding that state-law tax fraud claims raised a substantial federal question because they depended on the definition of a federal tax exemption for mortgage-backed securities
- finding that state-law tax fraud claims raised a substantial federal question because they depended on the definition of a federal tax exemption for mortgage-backed securities
- explaining that balance analysis properly focuses on “the nature of the claim, the traditional forum for such a claim, and the volume of cases that would be affected,” as well as any “special state interest in a category of litigation”
- finding a substantial federal issue where the qui tam relator’s “claims raise[d] a threshold question of law relating to mortgage-backed securities generally”
- “A state-law claim ‘necessarily’ raises federal questions where the claim is affirmatively ‘premised’ on a violation of federal law.”
- “[F]ederal-question jurisdiction is invoked by and large [where] plaintiffs plead[ ] a cause of action created by federal law.”
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Judges: Per Curiam
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