International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 v. Ward

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that arguments that the court lacks jurisdiction are not waivable
• “It would be anomalous indeed to read this statutory scheme as remitting the union’s own suit— which is primary under the statutory hierarchy — to state court.”
• “[W]hen the basis of the action is a federal statute, a federal cause of action must exist as well for a federal court to hear a given claim.”
• “[W]hen the basis of the action is a federal statute, a federal cause of action must exist as well for a federal court to hear a given claim.”
• “Thus, when the basis of the action is a federal statute, a federal cause of action must exist as well for a fed- eral court to hear a given claim; the general grant of federal question jurisdiction contained in § 1331, without a federal cause of action, is not enough.”
• “Thus, when the basis of the action is a federal statute, a federal cause of action must exist for a federal court to hear a given claim; the general grant of federal question jurisdiction contained in § 1331, without a federal cause of action, is not enough.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).