FEDERAL JURISDICTION
  • Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.018:  Memorandum of law on federal jurisdiction.  By SEDM.  Direct link:
    http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/FederalJurisdiction.pdf

  • Authorities on jurisdiction of federal courts:  Study into jurisdiction of federal courts inside the sovereign Union states.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Circuit Cases: This file catalogs the federal district and appellate court cases regarding federal jurisdiction, segregated by circuit.

  • State Cases: This file catalogs many of the state decisions concerning federal jurisdiction, segregated by state.

  • 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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