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The Same-Sex Marriage Cases And Federal Jurisdiction: On Third-Party Standing And Why The Domestic Relations Exception To Federal Jurisdiction Should Be Overruled, Steven G. Calabresi, Genna L. Sinel
The Same-Sex Marriage Cases And Federal Jurisdiction: On Third-Party Standing And Why The Domestic Relations Exception To Federal Jurisdiction Should Be Overruled, Steven G. Calabresi, Genna L. Sinel
University of Miami Law Review
In this paper, we consider two questions. First, we address whether there was proper standing for the Article III courts to decide United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 133 S. Ct. 2675, 2696 (2013) and Hollingsworth v. Perry, 133 S. Ct. 2652, 2668 (2013). We conclude that the third-party appellants lacked standing in federal court. Second, we examine whether cases challenging state same-sex marriage bans were and are cases in “law and equity” or instead, barred under the domestic relations exception for the purposes of federal question jurisdiction. We conclude that the domestic relations exception to federal jurisdiction is an …
Texaco, Inc. V. Pennzoil Co.: Beyond A Crude Analysis Of The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine's Preclusion Of Federal Jurisdiction, Benjamin Smith
Texaco, Inc. V. Pennzoil Co.: Beyond A Crude Analysis Of The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine's Preclusion Of Federal Jurisdiction, Benjamin Smith
University of Miami Law Review
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