LEB 323 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, Federal-Question Jurisdiction

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Legal Environment of Business
• Course: LEB 323
• Professor: Christopher Meakin

Document Summary

Federal courts only have jurisdiction over the cases that are designated to them by the u. s. Constitution : criminal cases: when a violation of a federal criminal statute is alleged. Congress can only pass criminal law when there is basis in the constitution authorizing it to do so: civil cases: (our primary concern) there are 2 categories of civil cases that the. Constitution and federal statutes have placed within the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts: federal question cases: ci(cid:448)il case i(cid:374) (cid:449)hich the plai(cid:374)tiff"s clai(cid:373) arises fro(cid:373) the u. Constitution or a federal statute; must directly raise a question of federal law: pendant (or ancillary) jurisdiction: a plaintiff asserts two or more legal claims on the same circumstance. If one raises a federal question but the others do(cid:374)"t, the federal court has jurisdictio(cid:374) o(cid:448)er all other clai(cid:373)s: can either be exclusive or concurrent, concurrent: it can be heard by either a federal or state court, ex.