Matthew Burda v. M. Ecker Company

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that court may look beyond face of the complaint to determine if plaintiff \artfully pleaded\ matters under state law that actually raise a federal question
• stating that plaintiffs may not \omit federal questions that are essential to recovery\
• “[F]ederal jurisdiction exists only when a federal question is presented on the face of the plaintiff’s properly pleaded complaint.”
• removal justified were plaintiff artfully pleaded state-law cause of action
• expressly not addressing the district court's ruling on complete preemption
• applying rule to challenge to execution of settlement agreement

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Cited by

54 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jane Doe v. Allied-Signal, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-02-09· cited 332×
• Jass v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-07-08· cited 196×
• Jose Romo v. Gulf Stream Coach, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-05-21· cited 148×
• Steven Bastien v. At&t Wireless Services, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-03-06· cited 109×
• Gnb Battery Technologies, Incorporated, Formerly Known as Gnb, Incorporated and Gnb Industrial Battery Company v. Gould, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-09-06· cited 100×
• Walter Spearman v. Exxon Coal Usa, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-02-11· cited 86×
• Tammy Berera v. Mesa Medical Group, PLLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2015-02-19· cited 68×
• Matthew Burda v. M. Ecker Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-08-25· cited 62×
• Milwaukee Concrete Studios, Limited v. Fjeld Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, and Janice Krueger
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-10-19· cited 54×
• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-10-22· cited 48×
• Talbot v. Robert Matthews Distributing Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-04-10· cited 44×
• Bernard C. Duse, Jr. v. International Business MacHines Corporation
  Second Circuit· 2001-06-05· cited 42×
• Sigmon v. Southwest Airlines Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-04-28· cited 33×
• Jon Riley Hays v. Bryan Cave LLP
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-05-03· cited 24×
• Kenro, Inc. v. Fax Daily, Inc.
  S.D. Indiana· 1995-11-08· cited 21×
• Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, D/B/A Metra v. Hoey Farina & Downes
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-05-15· cited 17×
• Lehman v. USAIR Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-07-11· cited 17×
• Spaulding v. Mingo County Board of Education
  S.D. West Virginia· 1995-08-25· cited 16×
• State Oil Co. v. Khan
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-12-03· cited 9×
• Schulze v. Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-09-14· cited 9×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 6,547×
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 4,510×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,207×
• Avco Corp. v. Aero Lodge No. 735, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,021×
• Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, Div. of Cadence Industries Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-20· cited 665×
• Mars Steel Corp. v. Continental Bank N.A.
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-07-20· cited 313×
• Schweiker v. Hogan
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 262×
• Arthur Lister v. H. Allan Stark
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-11-28· cited 154×
• Walter v. Fiorenzo
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-02-08· cited 115×
• Bodimetric Health Services, Inc. v. Aetna Life & Casualty
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-10· cited 81×
• Dana Oglesby, Cross-Appellee v. Rca Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-01-02· cited 79×
• Thomas Corcoran v. Chicago Park District, a Municipal Corporation, and Jesse Madison
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-05-23· cited 75×
• Judy Edgar v. Inland Steel Company, a Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-09-21· cited 52×
• Tmf Tool Co., Inc., Cross-Appellant, and Jack Joseph and Joseph & Myers, Cross-Appellants v. Hans Muller, Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-16· cited 44×
• Victor Lepucki v. Bernard L. Van Wormer, Kenneth Pazdur v. Blaw-Knox Foundry and Mill MacHinery
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-05-16· cited 38×
• James A. Schoenberger, Jr. v. Ronald P. Oselka
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-10· cited 32×
• Herron v. Jupiter Transportation Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-10-03· cited 23×
• Terry L. Nelson v. Central Illinois Light Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-06-20· cited 11×
• Edna Marzuki v. At & T Technologies, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-06-20· cited 10×

Other cases named Matthew Burda v. M. Ecker Company

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Matthew Burda v. M. Ecker Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-08-25· cited 62×