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State Standing For Nationwide Injunctions Against The Federal Government, Jonathan R. Nash
State Standing For Nationwide Injunctions Against The Federal Government, Jonathan R. Nash
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Recent years have seen a substantial increase of cases in which states seek, and indeed obtain, nationwide injunctions against the federal government. These cases implicate two complicated questions: first, when a state has standing to sue the federal government, and second, when a nationwide injunction is a proper form of relief. For their part, scholars have mostly addressed these questions separately. In this Essay, I analyze the two questions together. Along the way, I identify drawbacks and benefits of nationwide injunctions, as well as settings where nationwide injunctions may be desirable and undesirable. I present arguments that, although I do …
#Personaljurisdiction: A New Age Of Internet Contacts, Zoe Niesel
#Personaljurisdiction: A New Age Of Internet Contacts, Zoe Niesel
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Erie Doctrine, State Law, And Civil Rights Litigation, Alexander A. Reinert
Erie Doctrine, State Law, And Civil Rights Litigation, Alexander A. Reinert
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How should state law questions and claims be resolved when they arise in federal civil rights litigation? In prior work, I have criticized the given wisdom that the Erie doctrine, while originating in diversity cases, applies in all cases whatever the basis for federal jurisdiction. In that work, I proposed a framework, “Erie Step Zero,” to place Erie questions in their jurisdictional context. As I have argued, the concern with forum shopping and unequal treatment that prompted Erie have less salience in federal question cases. Different concerns emerge when one focuses on the presence of state law issues in …