What types of cases do the state courts have authority to hear?
What about federal courts? Practically speaking, why would our
country have this multi-tiered court system?
Federal courts may hear cases that originate and really only
pertain to state law when there is diversity of citizenship between
the plaintiff and defendant. The Gasperini case is one such case.
In the case, the federal court was compelled to apply state law,
not federal law. This is due to which famous case?
Hanna v. Plumer
Guaranty Trust v. New York
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Electrical
Erie R.R. v. Tompkins
All of these cases stand for this proposition
In...
How does the scope of review of courts in tax cases differ from
the scope of judicial review described in Administrative Procedures
Act ("APA")Section 706?
What are some major differences between the juvenile
courts and the criminal courts? What are some principal components
of the juvenile justice system? Why do some refer to this as a
process rather than a system?
Texas is unusual in that it has two high courts: one to hear
civil cases and one to hear criminal cases. Why do you think Texas
has such a system? What are the consequences (good and bad) of
having two separate high courts?