Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill

Holding district courts have discretion whether to dismiss state law claims after all the federal claims are dismissed and explaining the factors courts should consider when doing so

Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.

Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court

Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Holding that an abstention-based remand is not a remand for “lack of subject matter jurisdiction” for purposes of §§ 1447(c) and (d)

Gaus v. Miles, Inc.

Holding that a conclusory allegation "neither overcomes the 'strong presumption' against removal jurisdiction, nor satisfies [the defendant]'s burden of setting forth, in the removal petition itself, the underlying facts supporting its assertion that the amount in controversy exceeds" the applicable dollar value

Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins

Holding that state law governs substantive issues and federal law governs procedural issues

Hunter v. Philip Morris USA

Holding that an implied preemption affirmative defense was not a permissible ground for finding fraudulent joinder

Provincial Gov't of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc.

Holding that "[t]he removal statute [should be] strictly construed against removal jurisdiction"

Burford v. Sun Oil Co.

Holding that a federal court may abstain from exercising its equity jurisdiction where doing so would "be prejudicial to the public interest" or would "so clearly involve basic problems of [State] policy" (quoting United States ex rel. Greathouse v. Dern , 289 U.S. 352, 360, 53 S.Ct. 614, 77 L.Ed. 1250 (1933) )

Hamilton v. Dow Chem.

Holding that a plaintiff need not have "notice of [the defendant's] specific intention to deceive before the fraud action accrued. All that is relevant is that a reasonable person . . . would have been on notice of a potential misrepresentation"

Duncan v. Stuetzle

Holding that the district court was required to remand to state courts for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under section 1447(c) where the state court complaint failed to state a federal question under the Lanham Act as it only raised state law issues

Section 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

Holding district court has jurisdiction over action between diverse citizens "where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000"

Section 1447 - Procedure after removal generally

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"

Section 33-420 - False documents; liability; special action; damages; violation; classification

Imposing liability for recording a document asserting a "claim [of] interest in" real property when the person "know or ha reason to know" the document is invalid

Section 33-807 - Sale of trust property; power of trustee; foreclosure of trust deed

Granting the trustee the "power of sale"

Section 33-801 - Definitions

Providing that “[t]he trustee's obligations ... are as specified in this chapter in the trust deed”

Section 12-1101 - Parties; claim; service on attorney general

Section 39-161 - Presentment of false instrument for filing; classification

Criminalizing certain transactions involving false or forged instruments