Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. v. Keith D. Schacht

Decided June 22, 1998. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-461 · 524 U.S. 381 (1998) · Cited 1,341 times

Holding

The presence in an otherwise removable case of a claim barred by the Eleventh Amendment does not destroy removal jurisdiction that would otherwise exist.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · 456 U.S. 694 (1982)
• Alabama v. Pugh · 438 U.S. 781 (1978)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · 323 U.S. 459 (1945)
• Gardner v. New Jersey · 329 U.S. 565 (1947)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Kentucky v. Graham · 473 U.S. 159 (1985)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Papasan v. Allain · 478 U.S. 265 (1986)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co. · 303 U.S. 283 (1938)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor · 481 U.S. 58 (1987)
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis · 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Strawbridge v. Curtiss · 7 U.S. 267 (1806)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain · 490 U.S. 826 (1989)
• Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho · 521 U.S. 261 (1997)
• Carden v. Arkoma Associates · 494 U.S. 185 (1990)
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan · 111 U.S. 379 (1884)
• Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health · 411 U.S. 279 (1973)
• Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc. · 458 U.S. 670 (1982)
• Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Commission · 359 U.S. 275 (1959)
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Martin · 178 U.S. 245 (1900)
• Calderon v. Ashmus · 523 U.S. 740 (1998)
• Missouri v. Fiske · 290 U.S. 18 (1933)

Cited by

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

• Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. · 535 U.S. 613 (2002)
• Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc. · 551 U.S. 224 (2007)
• Raygor v. Regents of the University of Minnesota · 534 U.S. 533 (2002)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles · 568 U.S. 588 (2013)
• PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey · 594 U.S. 482 (2021)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1998). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).