Substantial Federal Questions Keep State Law Claims in Federal Court

February 23, 2023  |  New York Law Journal

In our latest article for the New York Law Journal, “Substantial Federal Questions Keep State Law Claims in Federal Court,” we discuss Judge Jesse M. Furman’s decision in New York v. Arm or Ally, LLC, 2022 WL 17496413 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 8, 2022), applying the substantial federal question doctrine to retain jurisdiction over state law claims where no federal claims exist. Judge Furman’s decision relies on the fact that the state law claims and New York statute at issue incorporate the federal definition of a term warranting significant federal attention: “firearm.”

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