Overview Flashcards
Choosing a Court
Subject Matter Jurisdiction = Power of a Federal Court to adjudicate a case
Personal Jurisdiction
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Power of a Federal Court to adjudicate a case
Diversity Jurisdiction
Complete Diversity
Change of Citizenship
Corporate Citizenship
Jurisdictional Amount (diversity jurisdiction)
Federal Question Jurisdiction
Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule
Creation Test
Important federal question
Grable exception
Supplemental Jurisdiction
Circumventing diversity
Jurisdictional amount (supplemental jurisdiction)
Removal jurisdiction
Federal Question removal
Diversity jurisdiction removal
Personal Jurisdiction
Specific jurisdiction
Purposeful Contacts
relatedness, reasonableness factors
General jurisdiction
Continuous & systematic contacts
In Rem jurisdiction
Transient jurisdiction
Due Process requirement of notice
Venue