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· 7/12/2011

Newpage Wisconsin System Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union

Citations

  • 651 F.3d 775
  • 191 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2030
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14261
  • 2011 WL 2684910

How courts have described this case

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

  • admonishing district court to “employ ‘considerations of practicality and wise judicial administration’ to decide whether to address the merits” of a declaratory judgment action (quoting Wilton, 515 U.S. at 288, 115 S. Ct. at 2143)
  • if the jurisdictional statute cited by a party is inaccurate, the “court still must inquire whether another statute supplies jurisdiction”
  • if the jurisdictional statute cited by a party is inaccurate, the “court still must inquire whether another statute supplies jurisdiction”
  • “Declaratory judgment actions are authorized as long as there is an actual controversy between the two parties”
  • if the jurisdictional statute cited by a party is inaccurate, the “court still must inquire whether another statute supplies jurisdiction”
  • “A federal district court is the right forum for a dispute about the meaning of ERISA.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Bauer, Young

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