Municipal officials deflect contentious issues via jurisdictional boundary claims

Evidence

First he informed me that the press was operating on a factual error, that the concert was not actually happening in Amargo (it was a few feet outside city limits in a barren unincorporated area, on an prominent Amargo doctor’s ranch), and that I should therefore call someone else; it was not under his jurisdiction, so there was nothing he could do. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 294

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Municipal borders are legal creations, not natural features — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1347; Impact litigation invited criticism that one government part was suing another — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 728; Geographic jurisdiction shapes which case types each circuit hears. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 290 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Municipal borders are legal creations, not natural features #expands (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1347