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Marathon Oil Co. v. Ruhrgas

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Overruled
Court
Fifth Circuit
Citation
145 F.3d 211
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
47 of 47
Citing cases (total)
47
Treatment dates
1999
Overruled
A reviewed court has overruled this case. All 47 flagged citations to Marathon Oil Co. v. Ruhrgas have been read. The Supreme Court reversed its central holding that a federal court must decide subject matter jurisdiction before personal jurisdiction in a removed case.
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The Supreme Court's ruling is listed below; later opinions mainly report the procedural history or cite Marathon for other propositions.

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47 later cases cite Marathon Oil Co. v. Ruhrgas; 47 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Overruled

  • The Supreme Court reversed Marathon's mandatory order for deciding jurisdictional questions and held that a court may address personal jurisdiction before subject matter jurisdiction in appropriate cases, including removed cases.

    Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co. · Supreme Court of the United States · filed

    The Fifth Circuit incorrectly read Steel Co. to teach that subject-matter jurisdiction must be found to exist, not only before a federal court reaches the merits, but also before personal jurisdiction is addressed. See 145 F. 3d, at 218.
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