Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1986-07-07

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Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether the incorporation of a federal standard in a state-law private action, when Congress has intended that there not be a federal private action for violations of that federal standard, makes the action one “arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States,” 28 U. S. C. § 1331…

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