As my Civ Pro students know, I like to analogize supplemental jurisdiction to an ice cream cone: The cone is the federal district court. The ice cream is original jurisdiction. Examples include sections 1331, 1332, 1335, 1338, etc. The sprinkles are supplemental jurisdiction. Can you have an ice cream cone without ice cream? No, that’d […]
St. Thomas Law‘s own Professor Patricia Hatamyar Moore testified today before the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives regarding class actions. The hearing addressed “The State of Class Action Ten Years After the Enactment of the Class Action Fairness Act.” Professor Moore was the only professor to address the committee and did a fantastic job, doing […]
Resources: Why supplemental jurisdiction is like an ice cream cone with sprinkles Supplemental jurisdiction analysis Contamination Rule, which draws an important case-law distinction between amount in controversy and complete diversity Aggregation and 1367 1367 problem set (questions) 1367 problem set (explanations) Practice essay on supplemental jurisdiction from 2014-15 ALI Brittnay Wittnebel Remember that Supplemental Jurisdiction requires Original Jurisdiction, and […]
Some scenarios based on Glannon’s Examples & Explanations. Determine whether there is subject-matter jurisdiction (“SMJ”). Explanations provided are of course, conclusory and incomplete, and here focus on matters central to the hypothetical. Question Explanation 1. P (California) sues D (New York) alleging copyright infringement arising from D’s copying P’s book. P joins a claim against D for […]
