John T. Eastman v. Marine Mechanical Corporation

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• holding that Ohio state law retaliatory discharge claim did not present a federal question, where claim was premised on reporting violations of federal false claims statutes
• explaining that if the Court lacks jurisdiction, any order entered by the Court would be void
• noting that, in the removal context, defendants bear the burden of demonstrating that federal subject matter jurisdiction exists on the face of the complaint
• noting that converting state claims into federal claims by referencing federal law would upset the balance of cases
• concluding there was no federal question where the plaintiff referenced federal law as a source of public policy
• directing federal district court to remand action to state court, where state law retaliatory discharge claim premised on federal policy violation did not present a federal question

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