Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Civil Procedure : From 10/01/04 To 07/01/05
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Class Actions |
| Title: | Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Serv. |
| Date: | 06/23/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-70 |
| Summary: | When at least one named plaintiff in a diversity action satisfies section 1332(a)'s amount-in-controversy requirement, and the other elements of diversity jurisdiction are present, section 1367 authorizes supplemental jurisdiction over the claims of other plaintiffs in the action, even if those claims are for less than the requisite amount. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. US |
| Date: | 06/20/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-169 |
| Summary: | The 6-year statute of limitations in the False Claims Act (FCA) does not govern FCA civil actions for retaliation. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law |
| Title: | Grable & Sons Metal Prod. v. Darue Engineering |
| Date: | 06/13/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-603 |
| Summary: | Federal district courts have jurisdiction to try claims of title to land obtained at a federal tax sale where the national interest in providing a federal forum for federal tax litigation is sufficiently substantial to support the exercise of federal question jurisdiction. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | Pace v. DiGuglielmo |
| Date: | 04/28/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-9627 |
| Summary: | A state post-conviction petition rejected by the state court as untimely is not "properly filed" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(2), and therefore does not toll the 1-year statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas corpus petition. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure |
| Title: | Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. |
| Date: | 03/30/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-1696 |
| Summary: | The Rooker-Feldman doctrine is confined to cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and inviting district court review and rejection of those judgments. |