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161101P.pdf 12/05/2016 Great Lakes Gas Transmission v. Essar Steel Minnesota LLC
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-1101
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Natural Gas Act. The Natural Gas Act does not create an
express cause of action under which plaintiff could sue for recovery of
payments due under a federal tariff; nor does the Act create an implied
cause of action as there is no indication in the Act that Congress
intended to create a federal cause of action displacing traditional state
law breach of contract causes of action; the district court erred in
asserting jurisdiction over the claims because even if federal issues were
"necessarily raised" and "actually disputed," the federal issues were not
substantial, and a federal court could not exercise federal question
without disturbing the congressionally approved balance of federal and
state judicial responsibilities; judgment of the district court is vacated
and the case is remanded with directions to dismiss the case for lack of
jurisdiction.