The Federal Courts ouline discusses Article III courts, the "case or controversy" requirement, justiciability, advisory opinions, political questions, and ripeness. Also includes mootness, standing, congressional power over federal court jurisdiction, Supreme Court jurisdiction, district court subject matter jurisdiction (including federal question jurisdiction and diversity jurisdiction), and pendent and ancillary jurisdiction. Other topics include removal jurisdiction, venue, forum non conveniens, law applied in the federal courts (including Erie Doctrine), federal law in the state courts, abstention, habeas corpus for state prisoners, federal injunctions against state court proceedings, and Eleventh Amendment.

Gilbert Law Summaries on Federal Courts

Fletcher, William

Pfander, James

Rules & Procedures

Gilbert

The fifth edition of this successful casebook continues the authors' commitment to addressing the cutting edge issues of contemporary procedure. The new edition contains a revamped treatment of pleadings, important recent Supreme Court decisions, modified presentation of class action issues, expanded attention to electronic discovery, and a thoroughly-revised chapter on appellate review. Throughout, the textual material and Notes and Questions have been updated and revised to make them effective for a 21st century course.

Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (American Casebook Series)

Redish, Martin

Marcus, Richard

Sherman, Edward

West Academic Publishing

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions expands the book’s coverage of two fields that have grown in importance since the last edition: the Supreme Court’s treatment of issues arising out of the War on Terror and the Guantanamo Bay detainees, and the role of international law and international judicial tribunals in domestic law. The book adds principal cases, including new Supreme Court decisions on standing, the Anti-Injunction Act, habeas corpus and the Suspension Clause, and removal jurisdiction. Additionally, Redish, Sherry, and Pfander address both Supreme Court and lower court cases on diversity jurisdiction. Many other cases, as well as the latest federal courts scholarship, have been added to the notes.

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions, 7th (American Casebook Series)

Sherry, Suzanna

Designed for students in advanced courses, this book explains the leading principles of federal jurisdiction. It covers Marbury v. Madison and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, as well as rules governing original and appellate jurisdiction, justiciability and abstention, federal habeas corpus, and sovereign immunity. It discusses the enemy combatant cases, culminating in Boumediene, and recent Supreme Court decisions on the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, federal ingredient jurisdiction, complete preemption removal, and supplemental jurisdiction. The book also provides students with a sense of the argumentative possibilities available to lawyers and jurists working within the federal courts' tradition.

Principles of Federal Jurisdiction (Concise Hornbook Series)

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions: 2013 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions: 0 (American Casebook Series)

As a part of our CasebookPlus offering, you'll receive the print book along with lifetime digital access to the eBook. Additionally you'll receive the Learning Library which includes quizzes tied specifically to your book, an outline starter, and 12-month digital access to leading study aids and the Gilbert Law Dictionary. The included study aids are Civil Procedure in a Nutshell, Acing Civil Procedure and Exam Pro on Civil Procedure. The redemption code will be shipped to you with the book. The sixth edition of this successful casebook continues the authors' commitment to providing professors and their students with the tools to address both foundational questions and cutting edge procedural issues in a practical way that is attuned to today's legal practice. It contains an expanded treatment of the increasingly important topic of pleading practice, and additional emphasis on electronic discovery issues. It also offers carefully edited versions of recent Supreme Court cases like Ashcroft v. Iqbal and J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro, along with textual and note material to identify and highlight the critical issues. The class-action section contains presentations on Wal- Mart v. Dukes and the key issues raised by the Court's decisions on class-action waivers in arbitration clauses that are appropriate for first-year students. Throughout, the material has been updated and revised to focus on the critical issues of 21st century practice.

Civil Procedure, A Modern Approach, 6th – CasebookPlus (American Casebook Series)

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions, 7th, 2015 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Designed for students in advanced courses and newly revised, this book explains the leading principles of federal jurisdiction. It covers such landmarks as Marbury v. Madison and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents and the rules that govern original and appellate jurisdiction, justiciability and abstention, federal habeas corpus, and sovereign immunity. It discusses the enemy combatant cases, culminating in Boumediene, and recent Supreme Court decisions on such diverse issues as the legal foundation of the Ex parte Young action, the limits of federal ingredient jurisdiction, the demise of prudential standing, and the jurisdictional nuances of consumer class action litigation. Perhaps most important, the book provides students with a sense of the argumentative possibilities available to lawyers and jurists working within the federal courts’ tradition.

Designed for students in advanced courses and newly revised, this book explains the leading principles of federal jurisdiction. It covers such landmarks as 
Marbury v. Madison and 
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents and the rules that govern original and appellate jurisdiction, justiciability and abstention, federal habeas corpus, and sovereign immunity. It treats the enemy combatant cases, and the aftermath of 
Boumediene, and recent Supreme Court decisions on such diverse issues as the legal foundation of the 
Ex parte Young action and the nationwide injunction, the sharp restriction of the 
Teague retroactivity doctrine, the curtailment of the 
Bivens action, the reaffirmation of suits for nominal damages, and the jurisdictional nuances of consumer class action litigation. Perhaps most importantly, the book provides students with a sense of the argumentative possibilities available to lawyers and jurists working within the federal courts’ tradition.

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Gilbert Law Summaries on Federal Courts

Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (American Casebook Series)

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions, 7th (American Casebook Series)

Principles of Federal Jurisdiction (Concise Hornbook Series)

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions: 2013 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions: 0 (American Casebook Series)

Civil Procedure, A Modern Approach, 6th – CasebookPlus (American Casebook Series)

Federal Courts, Cases, Comments and Questions, 7th, 2015 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Principles of Federal Jurisdiction (Concise Hornbook Series)

Principles of Federal Jurisdiction (Concise Hornbook Series)