Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley
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louisville-nashville-railroad-co-v-mottley-262-4530587
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Mottley, 211 U.S. 149 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that under the existing statutory scheme, federal question jurisdiction could not be predicated on a plaintiff's anticipation that the defendant would raise a federal statute as a defense. Instead, such jurisdiction can only arise from a complaint by the plaintiff that the defendant has directly violated some provision of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United
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1908 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_%26_Nashville_Railroad_Co._v._Mottley
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2023-12-18T22:22:11Z
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