Federal Courts and the Law of Federal-State Relations

by Low, Peter W.

• ISBN13: 9781566626187
• ISBN10: 1566626188
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: FOUNDATION PRESS INC

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	iii	(28)
TABLE OF CASES	xxxi	(14)
TABLE OF SECONDARY AUTHORITIES	xiv
PART I. FEDERALISM AND SEPARATION OF POWERS: THE BASIC STRUCTURE	1	(448)
CHAPTER I Choice of Law in the Federal System	2	(116)
1: State Law in Federal Court	2	(30)
2: Federal Law in State Court	32	(40)
3: Supreme Court Review of State Court Decisions	72	(46)
CHAPTER II The Power of the Federal Courts to Create Federal Law	118	(95)
1: Federal Common Law	118	(38)
2: Implied Rights of Action to Enforce Federal Statutes	156	(19)
3: Rights of Action for the United States	175	(5)
4: Rights of Action to Enforce Constitutional Rights	180	(33)
CHAPTER III Congressional Control of the Federal Courts	213	(118)
1: The Power to Limit Federal Jurisdiction	213	(26)
2: The Power to Expand Federal Jurisdiction	239	(26)
3: The Power to Create Non-Article III Courts	265	(42)
4: The Power to Reopen Final Judgments	307	(24)
CHAPTER IV Justiciability	331	(118)
1: Standing	331	(57)
2: Related Doctrines	388	(44)
A: Third-Party Standing	388	(12)
B: Ripeness	400	(14)
C: Mootness	414	(18)
3: The Political Question	432	(17)
PART II. THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS	449	(236)
CHAPTER V Subject Matter Jurisdiction	450	(127)
1: Federal Question Jurisdiction	450	(26)
2: Diversity Jurisdiction	476	(26)
3: The Substance/Procedure Problem	502	(37)
4: Finality and Appellate Review	539	(38)
CHAPTER VI Abstention	577	(108)
1: General Principles	577	(20)
2: Pullman Abstention	597	(13)
3: Younger Abstention	610	(58)
A: Origins	610	(24)
B: Criminal Proceedings	634	(14)
C: Civil Proceedings	648	(20)
4: Anti-Injunction Act	668	(17)
PART III. FEDERAL COURT ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL RIGHTS	685
CHAPTER VII Habeas Corpus	686	(123)
1: The Scope of Review	688	(55)
2: Procedural Foreclosure	743	(23)
3: Exhaustion of State Remedies and Repetitive Applications	766	(20)
4: Claims of Innocence	786	(23)
CHAPTER VIII State Sovereign Immunity and the 11th Amendment	809	(97)
1: Nature of the Limitation	809	(37)
2: Consent and Congressional Abrogation	846	(34)
3: Whither Ex parte Young?	880	(8)
4: Constitutionally Required Remedies in State Court	888	(18)
CHAPTER IX 42 U.S.C. XXX 1983	906	(228)
1: "Under Color of" Law	906	(17)
2: Official Immunities	923	(31)
3: Governmental Liability	954	(65)
4: For What Wrongs?	1019	(71)
A: Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under XXX 1983	1019	(21)
B: The Role of State Law	1040	(27)
C: Non-Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under XXX 1983	1067	(23)
5: Attorney's Fees	1090	(44)
CHAPTER X Remedial Interactions	1134
1: Relation of XXX 1983 to Habeas Corpus	1134	(33)
2: Res Judicata	1167	(19)
3: Civil Rights Removal	1186
APPENDIX A. The Constitution of the United States of America	A-1
APPENDIX B. Selected Federal Statutes	B-1
APPENDIX C. Judicial Review	C-1