Federal courts
Subtitle: cases and materials on judicial federalism and the lawyering process
By: Arthur D. Hellman, Lauren K Robel, David R. Stras.
Contributors: Robel, Lauren.; Stras, David R.
Edition: [Rev. ed.].
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781422470169
Subjects: Courts -- United States; Federal government -- United States; Jutrisdiction -- United States
Notes: Includes 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 decisions; 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 preclusions 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.