BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Decided May 17, 2021. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 19-1189 · 593 U.S. 230 (2021) · Cited 261 times

Holding

Where defendant energy companies premised 28 U. S. C. §1447(d) removal in part on the federal officer removal statute, §1442, the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that it lacked jurisdiction to consider all grounds for removal rejected by the District Court.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun · 516 U.S. 199 (1996)
• Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. · 556 U.S. 635 (2009)
• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 543 U.S. 335 (2005)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc. · 551 U.S. 224 (2007)
• Kloeckner v. Solis · 568 U.S. 41 (2012)
• Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. · 546 U.S. 132 (2005)
• Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson · 537 U.S. 28 (2002)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · 486 U.S. 196 (1988)
• Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
• Pepper v. United States · 562 U.S. 476 (2011)
• Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca · 516 U.S. 124 (1995)
• Maracich v. Spears · 570 U.S. 48 (2013)
• Lewis v. City of Chicago · 560 U.S. 205 (2010)
• In Re Pennsylvania Co. · 137 U.S. 451 (1890)

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Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Garland v. Cargill · 602 U.S. 406 (2024)

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