Federal court jurisdiction is bounded by Article III and statute

Evidence

For a court to decide a case, it must fall within the court’s jurisdiction; that is, the range of cases that it is empowered to rule on by constitutional provision or by statute. Article III of the U.S. Constitution sets the outer reaches of the federal judicial power by specifying the types of cases that federal courts may be empowered to hear. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 239

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines jurisdiction and its constitutional grounding — core textbook vocabulary.
• XREF: connects to: Congress creates all federal courts below the Supreme Court under Article III — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 223; Congress defines federal court jurisdiction within constitutional limits — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 240; Subject matter jurisdiction is a discrete threshold matter in federal courts — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1174 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Congress grants federal courts concurrent and limited jurisdiction rather than full constitutional reach #expands (0.88) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 245
• The Judiciary Act of 1789 fixed the federal courts’ three-level structure #exemplifies (0.82) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 349
• Legal major premises derive authority from constitutional text or statutes #expands (0.80) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 242
• Congress expands federal jurisdiction in response to political and caseload pressures #expands (0.78) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 259
• Subject matter jurisdiction is a discrete threshold matter in federal courts #expands (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1174
• Discretionary jurisdiction enabled the Supreme Court to act as federal law’s developer #exemplifies (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 266
• Congress can confer exclusive jurisdiction on a specific federal court for disaster claims #exemplifies (0.72) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1935