artful pleading

A plaintiff’s disguised phrasing of a federal claim as solely a state-law claim in order to prevent a defendant from removing the case from state court to federal court. [Cases: Removal of Cases 25(1). C.J.S. Removal of Causes §§ 30, 34–37, 44, 65.]

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资深译员Tommy，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译有关基础设施/交通运输领域的法律文件。