Skip to Content | Text-only version

Main Menu

 

Federal Courts


Law 7225 - Spring 2013

Professor: Eric J. Segall Class Times: MW, 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Syllabus: Syllabus | Location: Room 675
Course Management Site: n/a Connect: Class Roll  |  

Course Description

Federal Courts. The study of the federal constitutional and statutory provisions establishing and regulating federal courts. Topics treated include the "case and controversy" requirement, federal subject matter jurisdiction and its regulation by Congress, original and removal jurisdiction, the law applied in federal courts in civil actions, and the rules of procedure followed in federal courts.

Course materials

Syllabus

Updated: January 11, 2013, 11:25 am | Filedownload file

First Assignment

Updated: January 7, 2013, 11:42 am

For the first class, please read Article III of the Constitution. For the second class, please read Appendix C in the casebook (Marbury v. Madison).  A syllabus will be handed out at the first class.