Sullivan v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the claim-preclusive impact of a federal 24 judgment is a question of federal law
• \[W]e will invoke the [artful pleading] doctrine 'only in exceptional circumstances as it raises difficult issues of state and federal relationships and often yields unsatisfactory results.' \ (citation omitted)
• Moitie is limited to context of removal of state claims precluded by res judicata effect of a federal judgment
• “A suit may be removed to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) only if it could have been brought there originally.”
• federal 20 “jurisdiction is lacking even if a defense is alleged to be based exclusively on federal law”
• federal 19 “jurisdiction is lacking even if a defense is alleged to be based exclusively on federal law”

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Cited by

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

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  Ninth Circuit· 2000-05-24· cited 739×
• Jane Doe v. Allied-Signal, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-02-09· cited 332×
• Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario v. City of Detroit
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-05-02· cited 124×
• Eyak Native Village v. Exxon Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-05-27· cited 79×
• Vasserman v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
  C.D. California· 2014-12-05· cited 54×
• Semtek International, Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1997-12-31· cited 22×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-09-20· cited 18×
• Boyle v. MTV Networks, Inc.
  N.D. California· 1991-04-30· cited 14×
• Bergkamp v. New York Guardian Mortgagee Corp.
  D. Montana· 1987-08-27· cited 12×
• Sullivan v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1987-04-20· cited 10×
• Heichman v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  C.D. California· 1995-12-26· cited 7×
• Mize v. Amercraft Corp.
  M.D. Alabama· 1994-11-30· cited 6×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-11-17· cited 5×
• Lippitt v. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2003-09-22· cited 4×
• Blake v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  E.D. Tennessee· 1995-03-02· cited 4×
• Berg v. Leason
  N.D. California· 1992-07-01· cited 3×
• Rivet v. Regions Bank Of Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-04-15· cited 2×
• McDonald v. Professional Ins. Corp.
  M.D. Alabama· 1996-09-19· cited 2×
• Galstaldi v. Sunvest Communities USA, LLC
  S.D. Florida· 2009-02-17· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-14· cited 1×

Other cases named Sullivan v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Sullivan v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1987-04-20· cited 10×