In Cuomo v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., the U.S. District Court remanded the case back to the state court because the defendant could not prove a colorable federal defense that would invoke the federal officer removal statute and keep the case in federal court. Cuomo v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., 2013 WL 5913379 (S.D.N.Y) (2013). As background, the plaintiff’s husband was in the Navy and served as quartermaster on board two Navy ships from 1974 to 1980. The plaintiff’s husband claimed that he …