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1
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Subject Matter JDX (SMJ) - Concept

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Court’s authority to hear and decide a dispute

2
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SMJ - Gral

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  • Can not be created by parties
  • Can not be WAIVED by parties (unlike pjdx)
  • Challenge at any time - even post trial motion and appeal
  • FARS grounds (federal question, amount + diversity, removal jdx, supplemental jdx)
3
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SMJ - grounds for: FARS

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1) Federal Question
2) Amount and diversity
3) Removal JDX
4) Supplemental JDX

4
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SMJ - FARS - Federal Question

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  • Case arises under federal C, statute, treaty
  • Mere existence of defense under federal law is not enough
5
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SMJ - FARS - Amount and Diversity - gral

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When dispute between citizens from different states for amount in controversy over $75K

    • diversity has to be complete and established at time of filing suit
6
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SMJ - FARS - Amount and Diversity - Specific rules for amount

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  • Court costs and post judgment interests are not considered
  • Attorney fees and costs can be considered for overall amount (if permitted by law or contract)

- Separated claims under 75K can not be aggregated UNLESS mx D’s are joint and severally liable

7
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SMJ - FARS - Amount and Diversity - Specific rules for Diversity when trustee / estate executor

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  • Trustee’s residence controls as if a party
  • Estate executor deemed as citizen of state where decedent resided
8
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SMJ - FARS - Amount and Diversity - Specific rules for Corporations

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  • Citizenship on:
    1) Place of incorporation OR
    2) Ppal place of business
9
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SMJ - FARS - Amount and Diversity - Specific rules for Class Actions

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  • Named P must all be diverse from D’s
  • _At least 1 of the named P’_s with claim over 75K
10
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SMJ - FARS - Removal Jdx - gral

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D’s power to remove dispute from state court to federal court

  • when mx D: agreement from all
11
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SMJ - FARS - Removal Jdx - Timing

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30 days from receiving complaint (service)

12
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SMJ - FARS - Removal Jdx - Prohibition

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When SMJ only on diversity AND case already in court where at least 1 of the D’s is citizen

13
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SMJ - FARS - Supplemental Jdx - Gral

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Fed court w/jdx over state claims related to other claims where federal jdx already exists bc of federal Q or diversity

14
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SMJ - FARS - Removal Jdx - Test for application

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Are claims related enough to be part of same case or controversy?

15
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SMJ - Special rule for family relations and probate

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ALWAYS in state court -i.e. divorce, support