Sentences with phrase «expands federal court jurisdiction»
The new legislation expands federal court jurisdiction over class actions, and requires close court supervision of settlements, say co - editors / attorneys Anthony Rollo and Hunter Twiford.
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«It looks like Congress has taken what I think is the unprecedented and rather bizarre step of expanding the jurisdiction of the federal courts to allow a particular District Court to take jurisdiction over a single case, that of Terri Schiavo.
Brad represented the petitioner in Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., 500 U.S. 603 (1991), in which the United States Supreme Court overruled its own 135 - year - old precedent and expanded federal admiralty jurisdiction in favor of his client.
Today, the site announced that it is adding more than 1.5 million court opinions to its database, expanding its coverage to a total of 350 federal and state jurisdictions.
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) greatly expanded the federal courts» jurisdiction over class actions by relaxing the requirements for federal subject matter jurisdiction.
While the EPA made several changes to the proposed rule in response to public comments, the final rule still expands federal jurisdiction over more U.S. waters beyond past practice, guidance and the limitations affirmed by two Supreme Court decisions.