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Federal Courts

  • Semester: Fall 2022
  • Course ID: 486
  • Credit Hours: 4
  • Unique: 29200

Course Information

  • Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed (JD only)
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

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Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam (administered by Exam4 in Open Laptop mode) December 13, 2022 8:30 am A-Z in 2.124

Description

This course addresses the doctrines and policies that shape and limit the power of federal courts. Topics include the subject-matter jurisdiction of the federal district courts, the law applied to state-law claims, federal common law, justiciability, suits challenging official action, judicial federalism, and legislative courts.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Hart and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and The Federal System *
Fallon, Richard, Jr., Manning, John, Meltzer, Daniel, Shapiro, David, and Fallon Jr., Richard
Foundation Press , edition: 7
ISBN: 978-1-60930-427-0
2022 Supplement to The Federal Courts and the Federal System *
Baude, Goldsmith, Manning, Pfander & Tyler
ISBN: 978-1-63659-937-3
The Judicial Code and Rules of Procedure in the Federal Courts, 2022 Revision (optional)
Clermont, Kevin
West Academic , edition: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-63659-942-7

Instructors

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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
10/28/2022 Exam information updated
08/09/2022 Meeting changed