Rafter v. Stevenson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[a]n actual or anticipated counterclaim sounding in federal law . . . cannot create federal jurisdiction”
• removal based on federal question permitted only if “the plaintiff’s statement of his own cause of action shows that it is based upon [federal law]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).