Federal courts
Subtitle: cases and materials on judicial federalism and the lawyering process
By: Arthur D. Hellman, Sally Ann Semenko Endowed Chair, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Lauren K. Robel, Val Nolan Professor of Law, Provost and Executive Vice President Indiana University Maurer School of Law; David R. Stras, Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
Contributors: Robel, Lauren, author; Stras, David R., author
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1419
ISBN-13: 9780769858753
Subjects: Courts; Federal government; Jurisdiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The federal judicial system; title: The judicial power under Article III; title: Justiciability and the case or controversy requirement; title: Federal authority and state courts; title: Supreme Court review of state-court decisions; title: The Erie doctrine and the obligation of federal courts to follow state law; title: Federal common law; title: Challenges to jurisdiction; title: The "Federal question" jurisdiction; title: Diversity jurisdiction; title: Special problems of removal jurisdiction; title: Parallel proceedings in state and federal court; title: Inter-system preclusion and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine; title: Appellate review in the federal system; title: State sovereign immunity; title: The Section 1983 cause of action; title: Limits on the jurisdiction; title: Federal habeas corpus; title: Challenging state action in state court; title: Congressional  power to curtail the jurisdiction of the federal courts; title: Congressional power to control judicial decisions making; title: Non-Article III courts and judges.