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Federal Jurisdiction, Form
#05.018: Memorandum of law on federal jurisdiction. By
SEDM. Direct link:
http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/FederalJurisdiction.pdf
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Authorities
on jurisdiction of federal courts: Study into jurisdiction of
federal courts inside the sovereign Union states.
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Federal
Jurisdiction: This
short memo explains what is federal jurisdiction via Art. 1, § 8, cl. 17
of the United States Constitution. To draft this brief, thousands of cases
construing this part of the U.S. Constitution were read, about 450 were
cataloged (as shown below) and then a small number of those, about 140,
were referenced in this brief.
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Supreme
Court Cases: Here are cataloged short summaries of the most
important or interesting cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court
concerning Art. 1, § 8, cl. 17.
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Circuit
Cases: This file catalogs the federal district and appellate court
cases regarding federal jurisdiction, segregated by circuit.
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State
Cases: This file catalogs many of the state decisions concerning
federal jurisdiction, segregated by state.
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The
Government Report (OFFSITE LINK): In 1956 and 1957, the Government published a two
part report on this issue; you should read it.
- Treaties
and Jurisdiction: To
understand how many federal civil and criminal laws are made operative
outside the "jurisdiction of the United States," knowledge of
the field of treaty law is essential.
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