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Federal Jurisdiction In Diversity And Related Cases, W. J. Wagner
Federal Jurisdiction In Diversity And Related Cases, W. J. Wagner
Cleveland State Law Review
An important group of cases over which the inferior federal courts in the United States have jurisdiction consists of those in which the parties are "citizens of different States." Theoretically, it cannot be doubted that controversies "arising under" federal law are proper for adjudication in federal courts, while the necessity of extending the federal judicial power to diversity cases is not readily apparent.