Northern Pipeline Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.
458 U.S. 50 (1982) Cited 2,967 times 20 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Bankruptcy Act of 1978 was unconstitutional in part because it allowed bankruptcy courts to adjudicate state common law claims
Mitchum v. Foster
407 U.S. 225 (1972) Cited 1,259 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that § 1983 falls within the exceptions to the Anti-Injunction Act
State Farm Fire Cas. Co. v. Tashire
386 U.S. 523 (1967) Cited 738 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that § 1335 “require only ‘minimal diversity,’ that is, diversity of citizenship between two or more claimants, without regard to the circumstance that other rival claimants may be co-citizens” (footnote omitted)
Romero v. International Term. Co.
358 U.S. 354 (1959) Cited 958 timesHolding that the district court had pendant jurisdiction to consider maintenance and cure claims brought "by a complaint at law rather than by a libel in admiralty" because the complaint also alleged a Jones Act violation, which was within the district court's jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Vitol, S.A. v. Primerose Shipping Co.
708 F.3d 527 (4th Cir. 2013) Cited 236 times 1 Legal AnalysesAffirming Rule 12(b) dismissal, concluding that "[b]ecause the well-pleaded facts do not permit [this] [C]ourt to infer more than the mere possibility of misconduct, the complaint has alleged — but it has not shown — that the pleader is entitled to relief" (internal quotation marks omitted; final two sets of brackets in original)
Brawer v. Options Clearing Corp.
484 U.S. 819 (1987) Cited 60 timesHolding that federal employee cannot file for damages against supervisor for an unconstitutional adverse personnel action, when Congress has provided adequate administrative remedy
In re Prudential Lines Inc.
928 F.2d 565 (2d Cir. 1991) Cited 148 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that contingent interest in carrying forward net operating loss to offset against future income is property of the estate
Weisfelner v. Blavatnik (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.)
467 B.R. 712 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) Cited 73 timesHolding that the court should not infer consent where defendants seek withdrawal at the close of discovery and "where new precedent renders unclear the authority of the bankruptcy [court] to enter final judgment on certain claims"
In re Chugach Forest Products, Inc.
23 F.3d 241 (9th Cir. 1994) Cited 123 timesNoting that bankruptcy "does not stay actions against guarantors"
Mackensworth v. S.S. American Merchant
28 F.3d 246 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 109 timesHolding that where plaintiff's notice of joinder sought to amend existing complaint by "joining" additional claim under Rule 18, Rule 15 would apply
Section 362 - Automatic stay
11 U.S.C. § 362 Cited 29,433 times 174 Legal AnalysesConcluding that cause exists to lift the stay because no bankruptcy purpose would be served by keeping the stay in place
Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders
Fed. R. Civ. P. 65 Cited 22,421 times 87 Legal AnalysesRecognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice
Section 1335 - Interpleader
28 U.S.C. § 1335 Cited 2,211 times 4 Legal AnalysesGranting original jurisdiction to the district courts in "any civil action of interpleader or in the nature of interpleader" "if two or more adverse claimants . . . are claiming or may claim to be entitled to such money or property" as shall have been pleaded into court
Section 2361 - Process and procedure
28 U.S.C. § 2361 Cited 712 times 3 Legal AnalysesRecognizing that the “district court . . . may discharge the plaintiff from further liability”
Section 31301 - Definitions
46 U.S.C. § 31301 Cited 344 times 4 Legal AnalysesDefining "necessaries" as "includ[ing] repairs, supplies, towage and the use of a dry dock or marine railway"