Hartland Lakeside Joint No.3 School District v. WEA Ins. Corp.

Dist. Ct. lacked jurisdiction to consider plaintiffs-school districts’ lawsuit seeking to require defendant to apply federal funds provided under Patients Protection and Affordable Care Act to rebate certain medical premiums paid by plaintiffs for some outlays on early retirees’ medical care, where plaintiffs’ state-court lawsuit was improperly removed to Dist. Ct. All of plaintiffs’ claims arose under state law and all litigants were citizens of Wisconsin, so as to preclude any invocation of removal jurisdiction. Fact that case raised potential federal issue was insufficient by itself to create federal jurisdiction, and instant lawsuit about ownership following distribution of federal funds was essentially state law matter.