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Our Federalism
Our Federalism [from the language of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), which
jurisdiction
a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental jurisdiction acquired by a federal court allowing it to adjudicate claims that are based on state law but that form part of a case … to decide an entire case instead of dividing the claims among several courts and proceedings, and allows a federal court to decide a claim that would otherwise be properly brought to a state court. appellate jurisdiction : the
abstention
exercise of federal jurisdiction in a case that involves a question of state law or policy which the federal court prefers to have resolved by a state court or agency Bur·ford abstention [bər-fərd-] : an abstention grounded on … of the interpretation of an ambiguously worded state law whose constitutionality would have to be determined by the federal court NOTE: A party to a case subjected to a Pullman abstention may reserve the right to return to
question
1 : a question of state law that may determine the outcome of a case pending in a federal court and that is submitted by the federal court to the state's highest court when there is no controlling … may determine the outcome of a case pending in a federal court and that is submitted by the federal court to the state's highest court when there is no controlling state precedent 2 : a question of law
bill
of review in this entry NOTE: Bills in the nature of a bill of review were abolished in federal practice by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). bill in the na·ture of interpleader : a bill of … actions bill in the na·ture of a bill of review : an equitable bill seeking to have a court decree set aside that is brought by someone who was not a party to the original suit usually
tribal court
falls within the jurisdiction of a tribal court must first exhaust remedies there before seeking adjudication in a federal court, whether they are both tribal members or not. A dispute over such jurisdiction is ultimately a federal question.
United States Court of Federal Claims
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