Federal Courts, Federalism And Separation Of Powers 2004: Cases And Materials

by Doernberg, Donald L.; Wingate, C. Keith; Zeigler, Donald H.

• ISBN13: 9780314154903
• ISBN10: 0314154906
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-30
• Publisher: West Academic

Table of Contents

Preface	i
Table of Contents	ii
Table of Cases	v
Errata in the Second Edition	x
Justiciability	1	(26)
Standing	1	(26)
Friends of the Earth, Incorporated v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, (TOC), Inc.	4	(18)
Notes and Questions	22	(5)
Federal Question Jurisdiction	27	(6)
Separate Strands Intertwined
The Special Problem of Declaratory Judgment Cases	30	(3)
Federal Common Law	33	(26)
Choosing the Applicable Law and Determining Its Content: Federal Interests or Lack Thereof	33	(26)
Spontaneous Generation	33	(1)
Semtek International Incorporated v. Lockheed Martin Corporation	33	(5)
Notes and Questions	38	(1)
Implying Private Rights of Action	39	(2)
Alexander v. Sandoval	41	(16)
Notes and Questions	57	(2)
The Federal Forum, The Fourteenth Amendment, and the Civil Rights Act of 1871	59	(4)
The Fourteenth Amendment in the Remedial Scheme	59	(4)
Municipalities as Defendants	59	(1)
Officials' Immunities	60	(3)
The Eleventh Amendment	63	(48)
More Than Meets the Eye	63	(9)
Giles v. Harris	63	(8)
Notes and Questions	71	(1)
Less Than Meets the Eye	72	(1)
Extending and Cabining the Doctrine: The Limits of Limits	73	(14)
Lapides v. Board of Regents	81	(5)
Notes and Questions	86	(1)
Overview: The New Sovereign Immunity	87	(24)
Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority	87	(21)
Notes and Questions	108	(3)
Supreme Court Review of State Court Decisions	111	(6)
Insulating State Decisions from Supreme Court Review	111	(6)
With Substantive Law	111	(1)
Adequacy, Independence and Certainty	111	(6)
The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine	117	(58)
Introduction	117	(1)
The Basic Doctrine	118	(16)
Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co	118	(2)
Notes and Questions	120	(1)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman	121	(11)
Notes and Questions	132	(2)
Problems of Interpretation	134	(41)
The Source of the Injury: Independent Act or State Court Judgment?	134	(1)
Garry v. Geils	134	(8)
Notes and Questions	142	(1)
The Type of Relief Sought	142	(1)
Centifanti v. Nix	142	(11)
Notes and Questions	153	(1)
Appeal vs. Collateral Attack vs. Independent Action	154	(1)
Kamilewicz v. Bank of Boston Corporation (Panel Opinion)	154	(6)
Kamilewicz v. Bank of Boston Corporation (Dissent from Denial of Rehearing En Banc)	160	(5)
Notes and Questions	165	(2)
Threading the Needle: Rooker-Feldman and Standing	167	(1)
Facio v. Jones	167	(4)
Notes and Questions	171	(4)
Federal Habeas Corpus Challenges to State Custody	175	(128)
Introduction	175	(7)
The Statutory Structure	182	(4)
Preliminary Matters: Custody, Venue, and the Territorial Reach of the Federal Courts	186	(22)
Rasul v. Bush	186	(16)
Notes and Questions	202	(2)
Rumsfeld v. Padilla	204	(3)
Notes and Questions	207	(1)
State Factual Findings and Federal Evidentiary Hearings	208	(12)
(Michael) Williams v. Taylor	209	(10)
Notes and Questions	219	(1)
Constitutional Claims Cognizable on Habeas Corpus	220	(55)
Teague v. Lane	221	(10)
Notes and Questions	231	(13)
(Terry) Williams v. Taylor	244	(26)
Notes and Questions	270	(5)
Exhaustion of Remedies	275	(4)
The Effect of State Procedural Defaults	279	(19)
Coleman v. Thompson	279	(13)
Notes and Questions	292	(6)
The Problem of Successive Petitions	298	(5)
Appendix A. The Constitution of the United States	303	(16)
Appendix B. Excerpts from Title 18, U.S.C.A.	319	(6)
Appendix C. Excerpts from Title 28, U.S.C.A.	325	(35)
Appendix D. Excerpts from Title 42, U.S.C.A.	360