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More than 10.000 documents for general jurisdiction versus specific jurisdiction

- A real class act: the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005's amount in controversy requirement, removal, and the preponderance of the evidence standard.
... the limits of federal court jurisdiction always involve competing claims of interest betwee...(17) Congress has weighed the state versus federal jurisdictional interests and determined th...[section] 1332(a) ("general diversity jurisdiction"), interpleader, multiparty...(24) For diversity jurisdiction specifically, "the original right to remove probably was design...
- Defense Counsel Journal
- Vol. 78 Nbr. 1, January 2011
- Migration and conservation: frameworks, gaps, and synergies in science, law, and management.
...Jurisdictional Gaps c. Taxonomic Gaps d. Gaps in Spatial Coverage... collaboration among the disciplines, generally, but also recommend a focused exercise, such as a ... conservation laws, but fail to address specific threats of particular concern in conservation of m...Coastal versus pelagic distinctions are also made among migratory...
- Environmental Law
- Vol. 41 Nbr. 2, March 2011
- New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002)
... Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)) jurisdiction over "the transmission of electric energy in inter... sales and purchases under a single general tariff applicable equally to itself and others; (2... was neatly divided into spheres ofretail versus wholesale sales. The FPA's plain language readily ... FPC, 411 U. S. 747 , 758 (1973). Specifically, in § 201(b) of the FP A, Congress recognized the...
- U.S. Supreme Court

- Cosmopolitanism versus noncosmopolitanism: the state of play.
... about eliminating inequalities more generally, even if people are above the poverty line? So, sh... coerce all those within its jurisdiction. He refers to this as vertical coercion, in which ... recommend as just policy in specific domains, such as climate change, immigration, fair...
- The Monist
- Vol. 94 Nbr. 4, October 2011
- National Commission On the B.P. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Holds a Meeting to Discuss the Preliminary Findings Related to the Root Causes of the Bp Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Day 2
... was the impact of the flow rate, and specifically whether not having an accurate estimate of the rat... each of their wells in addition to their general spill response plans. And they should have to dem... Versus the image on the right which is -- that broader st... half of it is under the sovereign jurisdiction of Mexico. They are interested and have been inter...
- Political Transcript Wire
- December 06, 2010
- Section 2: Judicial Power and Jurisdiction
... to extend the jurisdiction of the Court generally to cases arising under the Constitution, and wheth... and substantial controversy admitting of specific relief through a decree of a conclusive character,... . Retroactivity Versus Prospectivity .-One of the distinguishing features...
- Constitution of the United States (Annotated)
- Rep. Scott Garrett Holds a Hearing On the Sec Budget
... commission action frequently has on the general public, it is important that the employees maintai... your views about the implications of one specific provision of Dodd-Frank, namely Section 953(b), wh... the erroneously awarded compensation, pay versus performance and pay ratios disclosure and employee... something that falls within their jurisdiction because of their very specific focus on retirement...
- Political Transcript Wire
- March 21, 2011
- 24 CFR 91.520 - Performance reports.
...Subpart F: Other General Requirements. 91.520 - Performance reports. (a) GGeneral. Each jurisdiction that has an approved consolidated plan shall annua... jurisdiction's progress in meeting its specific objective of providing affordable housing, includi... will include a comparison of the proposed versus actual outcomes for each outcome measure submitted...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 24: Housing and Urban Development
- Critical comparisons: the role of comparative law in investment treaty arbitration.
...(6) While international arbitration generally involves private parties and concerns disputes of ... can directly surmount national jurisdictions and bring investment claims to arbitral tribunals ... micro-comparison, authors have compared specific investment treaty standards to rules belonging to ... About Socioeconomic Rights: Strong-Form Versus Weak-Form Judicial Review Revisited, 5 INT'L J. CO...
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Vol. 39 Nbr. 1, December 2010
- Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004)
... law giving district courts "original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, c...Moreover, there is specific reason to believe that using "arising in" to refer...When the FTCA was passed, courts generally applied the law of the place where the injury occu... does not call for any comparison of old versus newer choice-of-law methodologies. See ante , at ...
- U.S. Supreme Court