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Book Review. Federal Jurisdiction: The Perils And Rewards Of Pulling Things Together, Gene R. Shreve

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Article III of the United States Constitution does not Grant Congress the Power to Extend United States Courts' Jurisdiction over Suits by Foreign Plaintiffs against Foreign Defendants

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Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(B), the Courts have the Power to Impose Sanction of Personal Jurisdiction when a Party Fails to Comply with Discovery Order

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity--A Strict Construction of the Concept of Instrumentalities under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Case Digest, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Admiralty Jurisdiction Exists in Products Liability Action although Product is not Unique to Maritime Use

Plaintiff, a shipyard worker who was exposed to asbestos dust and fiber while installing asbestos insulation, contracted asbestosis, an incurable lung disorder, and sued the manufacturer of the asbestos product, Johns-Manville Corporation, alleging negligent failure to warn and breach of warranty.

British Courts have Jurisdiction over British Subjects Committing Offenses aboard a Foreign Ship on the High Seas

Three British subjects were charged in a British court with violating the Criminal Damage Act of 1971 by committing acts of vandalism on a Danish vessel in …

Recent Decisions, Robert C. Goodrich, Jr., Christopher Q. King, Jay D. Grushkin

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Recent Decisions

Jurisdiction and Procedure - Forum non Conveniens--The Foreign Plaintiff is Entitled to Less Deference in His Choice of Forum than is a Citizen or Resident Plaintiff; A Change of Law Resulting from Dismissal is Not a Substantial Factor in the Forum non Conveniens Analysis.

Robert Charles Goodrich, Jr.

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ALIENS--Exclusion of Aliens from State Probation Officer Position is not Unconstitutional because it Falls Within the Political Function Exception

Christopher Qualley King

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SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY--Ship Owning Corporation's Contacts with United States are Sufficient to Extend Jurisdiction over Action for Damages involving Maritime Collision: Financial Effect on a United States …

Judicial Jurisdiction: From A Contacts To An Interest Analysis, Luther L. Mcdougal L. Mcdougal Iii

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Article examines whether the courts should shift their focus to a policy or interest analysis in judicial jurisdiction cases. The Article initially identifies some of the theoretical inadequacies of, and practical difficulties with, the Supreme Court's purposefully availing/minimum contacts approach to jurisdictional problems. The Article then outlines an alternative approach that employs a comprehensive form of interest analysis. After setting forth this proposed framework, the Article proceeds to examine Supreme Court decisions since International Shoe from the standpoint of the outcomes that an interest analysis approach might produce. Finally, the Article appraises these varying results and recommends that the …

Federal Recent Developments

American Indian Law Review

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State Acquisition Of Interests In Indian Land: An Overview, Blake A. Watson

American Indian Law Review

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Service Of Process And Execution Of Judgement On Indian Reservations, Robert Laurence

American Indian Law Review

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Probating Indian Estates: Conqueror's Court Versus Decedent Intent, Antonina Vaznelis

American Indian Law Review

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Children: An Analysis Of Cases Decided Pursuant To The Indian Child Welfare Act Of 1978, Therese Buthod

American Indian Law Review

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Dial V. Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission: Relocation Benefits

American Indian Law Review

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Acquiring In Personam Jurisdiction In Federal Question Cases: Procedural Frustration Under Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 4, Marilyn Berger

Faculty Articles

With the adoption of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938, Congress finally attempted to provide a uniform standard for exercising personal jurisdiction in federal courts. Despite that attempt, there is currently no uniform method for acquiring personal jurisdiction in federal question cases. A contributing factor to the lack of uniformity is Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4. This article calls for a uniform personal jurisdiction standard in federal question cases. In so doing, it examines the three ways to acquire personal jurisdiction under Rule 4 and evaluates the adequacy of each method. Because some federal courts rely on …

Visitation Rights: Providing Adequate Protection For The Noncustodial Parent, Rhonda L. Fishbein

Cardozo Law Review

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Coast Guard Boardings Of Suspected Drug Smuggling Vessels On The High Seas And The Fourth Amendment: United States V. Streifel, Roger A. Stetter

Cardozo Law Review

Report and Recommendation to the New York State Bar Association by the Committee on Federal Constitution

Suing Foreign Sovereigns: A Procedural Compass, Mary Kay Kane

Faculty Scholarship

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Symposium Proceedings: Congressional Limits On Federal Court Jurisdiction, Charles E. Rice

Journal Articles

Judge Sloviter: Professor Rice, your view of the constitutional scheme is that Congress has the power to make surgical excisions to the jurisdictions of the federal courts. I wonder if you would comment on what one of my colleagues might call the worst case scenario. That is, whether Congress could by legislation abolish all inferior federal courts and eliminate all Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction. What then would remain of the judicial power?

Congress And The Supreme Court's Jurisdiction, Charles E. Rice

Journal Articles

When a ruling of the supreme court meets with Congressional disfavor there are several remedies available to Congress. If the decision is not on a constitutional level, a later statutory enactment will suffice to reverse or modify the ruling. If, however, the Court's decision is an interpretation of a constitutional mandate, such as the requirement of the fourteenth amendment that legislative districts be apportioned according to population, then a statute could not reverse the decision because the statute itself would be subject to that constitutional mandate as defined by the Court.

The obvious method of reversing a Supreme Court interpretation …

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act And The Pursued Refugee: Lessons From Letelier V. Chile, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

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On Territoriality And Sovereignty: System Shock And Constitutional Choices Of Law, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

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Federalism, Judicial Power And The "Arising Under" Jurisdiction Of The Federal Courts: A Hierarchical Analysis, Alan D. Hornstein

Indiana Law Journal

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Interstitial Lawmaking: Uniformity Or Conformity?, Lillian Harris Lockary

Mercer Law Review

When Congress does not fully address the substantive law contemplated by a statute, federal courts have the responsibility to fashion a governing rule of decision according to their own standards-the conflict of laws rules of the forum. More precisely, the task of judicial legislation could be labeled one of interstitial lawmaking, of interpreting an indeterminate statute, rather than conflict of law. If subject matter jurisdiction is founded on a federal statute, and not diversity of citizenship, the source of law for the litigation is federal, and the rule of Erie R.R. v. Tompkins, that state law applies of its …

Legitimate Interests In Multistate Problems: As Between State And Federal Law, Lea Brilmayer

Michigan Law Review

This Article examines that common ground, analyzing the roles of state policy interests and contacts in defining constitutional limits. It concentrates particularly on one paradoxical aspect of the interaction between federal and state law. While the scope of constitutional limits on application of forum law is necessarily a federal issue, constitutional analysis simultaneously defers in some unspecified way to state policy. This is because federal choice-of-law questions frequently tum on the existence of a state policy interest that legitimizes the application of state law. The resulting interdependence of the federal and state issues would seemingly empower state legislatures and courts …

Maritime Law Judgments In Canada – 1979, William Tetley

Dalhousie Law Journal

As in 1978, the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Canada was the major problem litigated upon in the Courts or at least the major problem reported in 1979.1 The number of jurisdiction cases was nevertheless less than in 1978 when almost half the reported judgments concerned themselves with whether or not the Federal Court had jurisdiction. The reduction in jurisdiction cases was perhaps due to the approach taken by the Supreme Court of Canada in TropwoodA.G. v. Sivaco2 and the efforts of the Federal Court of Appeal to distinguish Quebec North Shore Paper v. C.P. Ltd. 3 and McNamara …

State Courts And Federalism In The 1980'S: Comment, Robert J. Sheran

William & Mary Law Review

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Trends In The Relationship Between The Federal And State Courts From The Perspective Of A State Court Judge, Sandra D. O'Connor

William & Mary Law Review

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The Uses Of Jurisdictional Redundancy: Interest, Ideology, And Innovation, Robert M. Cover

William & Mary Law Review

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Toward Procedural Parity In Constitutional Litigation, Burt Neuborne

William & Mary Law Review

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State Courts And Federalism In The 1980'S: Comment, Ruggero J. Aldisert

William & Mary Law Review

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The Uncertain Nature Of Federal Jurisdiction, Martha A. Field

William & Mary Law Review

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The State Courts And Federal Constitutional Litigation, Paul M. Bator

William & Mary Law Review

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