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Codification Of Supplemental Jurisdiction: Anatomy Of A Legislative Proposal, Arthur D. Wolf Jan 1992

Codification Of Supplemental Jurisdiction: Anatomy Of A Legislative Proposal, Arthur D. Wolf

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The historic nature of congressional action in codifying supplemental jurisdiction in section 1367 calls for a close examination of the legislative process and product. Section I of this Article presents a brief survey of the development of supplemental jurisdiction. Section II examines the history of the legislative process that produced section 1367. Section III contains a preliminary review of judicial decisions under the new supplemental jurisdiction statute. The Article concludes with some editorial remarks regarding the statute and the process by which it became public law.


The New Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute--Flawed But Fixable, Wendy Collins Perdue Jan 1992

The New Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute--Flawed But Fixable, Wendy Collins Perdue

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A critique of the newly enacted 28 U.S.C. ยง 1367, which delineated the circumstances under which federal courts could rule on additional claims related to the one that is the basis of federal jurisdiction.