Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson

Decided May 28, 2019. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-1471 · 587 U.S. 435 (2019) · Cited 714 times

Holding

Neither the general removal provision, 28 U. S. C. §1441(a), nor the removal provision in the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, §1453(b), permit a third-party counterclaim defendant to remove a class-action claim from state to federal court.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets · 313 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc. · 535 U.S. 826 (2002)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit · 547 U.S. 71 (2006)
• Small v. United States · 544 U.S. 385 (2005)
• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · 456 U.S. 694 (1982)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · 511 U.S. 375 (1994)
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · 482 U.S. 386 (1987)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Bailey v. United States · 516 U.S. 137 (1995)
• Mexican National Railroad v. Davidson · 157 U.S. 201 (1895)
• McFarland v. Scott · 512 U.S. 849 (1994)
• Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche · 546 U.S. 81 (2005)
• United States v. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. · 560 U.S. 242 (2010)
• Rodriguez v. United States · 480 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Tennessee v. Union & Planters' Bank · 152 U.S. 454 (1894)
• Mississippi Ex Rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp. · 571 U.S. 161 (2014)
• Ross v. Blake · 578 U.S. 632 (2016)
• Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles · 568 U.S. 588 (2013)
• Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 334 (2019)
• Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. · 580 U.S. 405 (2017)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. · 586 U.S. 9 (2018)
• Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton · 581 U.S. 468 (2017)

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• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)

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