Zanazanian v. United States

In the aftermath of the Supreme Courts decision in Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie, 452 U.S. 394, 101 S. Ct. 2424, 69 L. Ed. 2d 103 (1981), we are called upon to decide what is the proper treatment when, in a case removed from state to federal court, it is determined that the plaintiffs complaint, though "artfully pleaded" as a state claim, is in fact a federal claim over which federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. This also requires us to decide how the Courts 1981 decision impinges upon the doctrine of "derivative jurisdiction" as applied in this circuit.