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· 8/15/1985

Nicholas J. Janakes, on Behalf of Himself and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Postal Service

Citations

  • 768 F.2d 1091
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 21562

How courts have described this case

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  • “The use of the declaratory judgment statute does not .confer jurisdiction by itself if jurisdiction would not exist on the face of a well-pleaded complaint brought without the use of 28 U.S.C. § 2201.”
  • “A declaratory judgment plaintiff may hot assert a federal question in his complaint if, but for the declaratory judgment procedure, that question would arise only as a federal defense to a state law claim brought by the declaratory judgment defendant in state court.”

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Judges: Wallace, Poole, Leavy

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