Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “claim preclusion by reasons of a prior federal judgment is a defensive plea that provides no basis for removal” or federal subject matter jurisdiction under the well-pleaded complaint rule
• holding that “a plaintiff may not defeat removal by omitting to plead necessary federal questions”
• holding that “a plaintiff may not defeat removal by omitting to plead necessary federal questions”
• holding that “federal jurisdiction exists only when a federal question is presented on the face of the plaintiffs properly pleaded complaint”
• holding that removal of state law claim to federal court based upon the defense that the action was barred by a prior bankruptcy court determination was inappropriate
• holding that removal was improper where a plaintiff’s state cause of action was precluded by a prior federal judgment on a federal question because that is a defensive plea properly made in state court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).