550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 267,097 times 365 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
Holding no reasonable possibility that plaintiffs could establish a cause of action for negligent misrepresentation against a sales representative under Alabama law
Holding that a diverse defendant's "right of removal cannot be defeated by a fraudulent joinder of a resident defendant having no real connection with the controversy"
Holding that if a domestic corporation's principal place of business is abroad, "the foreign principal place of business cannot be considered for diversity jurisdiction purposes"
Holding that, "if there is any possibility that the state law might impose liability on a resident defendant under the circumstances alleged in the complaint, the federal court cannot find that joinder of the resident defendant was fraudulent, and remand is necessary"
Noting that the Supreme Court in Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. , 546 U.S. 132, 126 S.Ct. 704, 163 L.Ed.2d 547, "[e]xplicitly reject[ed] the notion that the statute created a presumption in favor of awarding fees"
28 U.S.C. § 1441 Cited 50,084 times 149 Legal Analyses
Holding that “[a]ny civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the ... laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties.”
28 U.S.C. § 1447 Cited 33,135 times 110 Legal Analyses
Holding that with exceptions not relevant here, "[a]n order remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed is not reviewable on appeal or otherwise"