Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley
Case Date: 05/19/2024
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Mottley, 211 U.S. 149 (1908)[1], was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that under the existing statutory scheme, federal question jurisdiction could not be predicated on a plaintiff's anticipation that the defendant would raise a federal statute as a defense. Instead, such jurisdiction can only arise from a complaint by the plaintiff that the defendant has directly violated some provision of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. This reading of the federal question jurisdiction statute is now known as the well-pleaded complaint rule.
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