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 ...

Successful objections to subject matter jurisdiction can operate like a King’s-X for illegal behavior – a hole in the rule of law. Where there is no subject matter jurisdiction, fairness, truth, and ...

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 ...

Unlike U.S. attorneys and district attorneys, state attorneys general have broad geographic jurisdiction over the entire state they serve. But this state-wide authority is often counter balanced by ...

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 ...