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Mesa Vs. California

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 21, 1989

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  9. U.S. 121 (1989) U.S. Supreme Court Mesa v. California
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  10. U.S. 121 (1989) Mesa v. California
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  11. prosecutions against them, the liberal pleadings sufficient to allege such a defense that were permitted in Willingham v. Morgan
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  12. The United States, largely adopting the view taken by the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Pennsylvania v. Newcomer
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  13. a) or one of its long line of statutory forebears. In Willingham v. Morgan
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  14. is not hard to discern. As this Court said . . . in Tennessee v. Davis
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  15. Id. at 395 U. S. 406 . Tennessee v. Davis
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  16. In Tennessee v. Davis
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  17. Davis, we had considered the scope of congressional power to authorize the removal of a civil case in The Mayor v. Cooper
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  18. on the allegation of a colorable federal defense. The United States argues that Cleveland, C., C. & I. R. Co. v. McClung
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  19. against civil suits. Both are equally defensive, and equally based in federal law. A later railroad case, Gay v. Ruff
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  20. Id. at 292 U. S. 39 . Finally, the Government relies on Maryland v. Soper
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  21. would be permissible under either the statute or the Constitution. Similarly, we do not understand Willingham v. Morgan
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  22. he allegedly had received while imprisoned. The officials sought removal on official immunity grounds. See Barr v. Matteo
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  23. Westfall v. Erwin
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  24. and has remained in every version of the removal statute that we have interpreted since we decided Tennessee v. Davis
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  25. by the 1948 enactment -- by the Act of August 23, 1916, ch. 399, 39 Stat. 532. We considered this provision in Gay v. Ruff
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  26. Id. at 461 U. S. 496 , citing The Propeller Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh
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  29. that clearly preserves its constitutionality and adopt one which raises serious constitutional doubt. See Califano v. Yamasaki
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  30. may be avoided,' Crowell v. Benson
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  31. specifically directed against federal officers' efforts to carry out their federally mandated duties. E.g., Tennessee v. Davis
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  32. U. S. 257 (1880). As we said in Maryland v. Soper
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  33. U.S. Supreme Court Mesa v. California
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  34. Willingham v. Morgan
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  35. Pennsylvania v. Newcomer
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  36. In Willingham v. Morgan
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  37. Tennessee v. Davis
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  38. Cleveland, C., C. & I. R. Co. v. McClung
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  39. See Barr v. Matteo
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  40. The Propeller Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh
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  41. See Califano v. Yamasaki
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  42. E.g., Tennessee v. Davis
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  43. Maryland v. Soper
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