Federal Court Jurisdiction
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Gutierrez v. Saenz
2024 Term of Court: Article III of the federal Constitution sets out the limited jurisdiction of the federal courts created thereunder, beginning (but not ending) with the following words: The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or Continue reading
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RE: FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION
2024 Term of Court: Federal courts frequently have to deal with the jurisdiction or power they have under the federal Constitution. The Constitution gives federal courts power over all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to Continue reading
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ROYAL CANIN U.S.A. v. WULLSCHLEGER
(decided January 15, 2025) Federal statutes authorize the defendant in a state court lawsuit to “remove” the lawsuit to a federal trial court if the lawsuit alleges a claim against that defendant “arising under” a federal law. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331,1441. When the state court lawsuit also alleges a claim against the defendant arising only Continue reading
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ACHESON HOTELS V. LAUFER, 601 US 1 (2023)
The Court’s Ruling: When the underlying “original jurisdiction”[1] case becomes moot on account of the plaintiff’s binding withdrawal of her claims therein, the Supreme Court may dismiss its case arising therefrom for lack of jurisdiction and require the intermediate Court of Appeals to dismiss its own “appellate jurisdiction”[2] case on the same ground. By a Continue reading
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