Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶18

To protect the Federal Government from state-court “interference with its operations,” Congress has given federal courts jurisdiction over some suits against federal officers or those acting under them. Watson v. Philip Morris Cos., 551 U. S. 142, 150 (2007) (internal quotation marks omitted). The current federal officer removal statute traces its lineage to the Force Bill of 1833, which Congress passed to enable federal customs officials to remove suits to federal court after South Carolina began prosecuting them for enforcing federal law. See Tennessee v. Davis, 100 U. S. 257, 268–269 (1880); Brief for U. S. Sen. Mike Lee et al. as Amici Curiae 4. Over the next 200 years, Congress expanded the scope of federal officer removal beyond suits against customs officials. Id., at 4–6. Today, defendants may remove to federal court any

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