In 'Behrens v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.', the Second Circuit addressed a question of first impression in the circuit: whether a district court is required to exercise subject-matter jurisdiction where ...

Subject matter jurisdiction describes the power and author­ity to adjudicate a case, and to enter a valid, binding judg­ment. This power is derived from Alabama’s constitution and its statutes.[1]The ...

When deciding whether to remove a case when an LLC is a party it is necessary to look at the citizenship of the LLC’s members to determine whether there is diversity for subject matter jurisdiction.

What does it mean for a court to have or not have “jurisdiction”? Jurisdiction is a word in American jurisprudence meaning whether a court has the authority to hear a case before it. Actually, there ...