United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs | |
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Argued January 20, 1966 Decided March 28, 1966 | |
Full case name | United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs |
Citations | 383 U.S. 715 (more) 86 S.Ct. 1130, 16 L. Ed. 2d 218; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2837 |
Case history | |
Prior | Gibbs v. United Mine Workers of Am., 220 F. Supp. 871 (E.D. Tenn. 1963); affirmed, 343 F.2d 609 (6th Cir. 1965); cert. granted, 382 U.S. 809 (1965). |
Holding | |
In order for a United States district court to have pendent jurisdiction over a state-law cause of action, state and federal claims must arise from the same "common nucleus of operative fact" and the plaintiff must expect to try them all at once. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Brennan, joined by Black, Douglas, Stewart, White, Fortas |
Concurrence | Harlan, joined by Clark |
Warren took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const., Art. III § 2; Labor-Management Relations Act |
United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715 (1966), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that in order for a United States district court to have pendent jurisdiction over a state-law cause of action, state and federal claims must arise from the same "common nucleus of operative fact" and the plaintiff must expect to try them all at once.[1] This case was decided before the existence of the current supplemental jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1367.[2]
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