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FEDERAL COURTS SPRING 2008 SYLLABUS The following shorthand has been used in listing reading assignments:
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I. INTRODUCTION TO FEDERAL COURT JUSTICIABILITY
| Assignment 1: | Pushaw, "Article III's Case/Controversy Distinction and the Dual Functions of Federal Courts" |
II. STANDING
| Assignment 1: | Taxpayer Standing | |
| Flast v. Cohen | Lexis | |
| Valley Forge | Lexis | |
| Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation | Lexis | |
| Notes & Questions | Text 43-45, 51-53 | |
| Assignment 2: | Zone of Interest Analysis | |
| Data Processing Organization | Lexis | |
| Bennett v. Spear | Text 17-26 | |
| National Credit Union Administration | Lexis | |
| Assignment 3: | Causality & Redressability Analysis | |
| Warth v. Seldin | Lexis | |
| Allen v. Wright | Lexis | |
| Assignment 4: | Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief - 1 | |
| City of Los Angeles v. Lyons | Lexis | |
| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife | Lexis | |
| Assignment 5: | Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief - 2 | |
| FEC v. Akins | Lexis | |
| Steel Company | Lexis | |
| Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw | Lexis | |
| Assignment 5: | Congressional Standing | |
| Barnes v. Kline | Lexis | |
| Raines v. Byrd | Lexis | |
| Assignment 6: | The Jurisprudence of Standing | |
| Scalia, "The Doctrine of Standing" | PDF File | |
Sunstein, "Standing and the Privatization
of Public Law"
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Lexis |
III. FEDERAL QUESTION JURISDICTION
| Assignment 1: | Origins of the "Arising Under" Doctrine | |
| Osborn v. Bank of the United States | Text 712-722 | |
| Assignment 2: | Protective Jurisdiction | |
| Textile Workers Union of America | Text 723-734 | |
| Assignment 3: | The Statutory Framework - 1 | |
| American Well Works Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co. Gully v. First National Bank in Meridian |
Lexis Text 735-740 Text 740-741 |
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| Assignment 4: | The Statutory Framework - 2 | |
| Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Grable & Sons Metal Products |
Text
741-756 Text 756-762 |
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| Assignment 5: | The Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule - 1 | |
| Mottley & Skelly Oil | Text 763-772 | |
| Assignment 6: | The Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule - 2 | |
| Franchise Tax Board & Metropolitan Life |
Text 772-784 | |
| Assignment 7: | The Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule - 3 | |
| Vornado
Air Circulation Systems Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson |
Lexis Lexis |
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| Assignment 8 | Pushaw, "A Neo-Federalist
Analysis of Federal Question Jurisdictin" |
Lexis |
IV. THE ELEVENTH AMENDMENT & THE STATE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY DOCTRINE
| Assignment 1: | Historical Origins of the Doctrine | |
| Chisholm & Hans | Text 346-365 | |
| Assignment 2: | Theoretical Challenges to the Doctrine | |
| Amar, "Of Sovereignty and Federalism" | Lexis | |
| Assignment 3: | Interpretations - 1 | |
| Ex Parte Young & Edelman Harrison, "Ex Parte Young" |
Text 365-383 Lexis |
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| Assignment 4: | Interpretations - 2 Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho |
Lexis |
| Verizon Maryland Inc. | Lexis | |
| Assignment 5: | Interpretations - 3 | |
| Pennhurst State School & Hospital | Lexis | |
| Notes & Questions | Text 386-390 | |
| Federal Maritime Commission | Lexis | |
| Assignment 6: | Abrogation - 1 | |
| Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida | Lexis | |
| Notes & Questions | Text 415-417 | |
| Assignment 7: | Abrogation - 2 | |
| State Immunity from Suit
in State Court Alden v. Maine |
Text 423 Lexis |
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| Notes & Questions | Text 444-445 | |
| Assignment 8: | Abrogation - 3 | |
| College Savings Bank | Lexis | |
| Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board | Lexis | |
| Assignment 9: | Abrogation - 4 | |
| Board of Trustees v. Garrett | Lexis | |
| Nevada Dept. of Human
Resources
v. Hibbs Central Virginia Community College v. Katz |
Lexis Lexis |
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| Assignment 10: | Abrogation - 5 | |
| Vázquez, "Eleventh Amendment Schizophrenia" | Lexis | |
| Meltzer, "State Sovereign Immunity: Five
Authors in Search of a Theory" |
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V. ABSTENTION
| Assignment 1: | The Pullman Abstention Doctrine | |
| Pullman & Midkiff | Text 446-456 | |
| Arizonans for Official English | Lexis | |
| Assignment 2: | Thibodaux & Burford Abstention Doctrines | |
| Louisiana Power & Light v. Thibodaux | Lexis | |
| Burford v. Sun Oil | Lexis | |
| Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance | Lexis | |
| Notes & Questions | Text 456-461 | |
| Assignment 3: | The Procedural Aspects of Abstention | |
| England v. Louisiana State Board | Text 473-481 |
VI. "OUR FEDERALISM"
| Assignment 1: | The Younger Doctrine | |
| Younger v. Harris | Text 523-538 | |
| Assignment 2: | Extensions of the Younger Doctrine - 1 | |
| Samuels & Steffel Doran Wooley |
Text 538-553 Lexis Lexis |
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| Assignment 3: | Extensions of the Younger Doctrine - 2 | |
| Hicks Huffman Trainor Juidice |
Text
557-563 Lexis Lexis Lexis |
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| Assignment 4: | Extensions of the Younger Doctrine - 3 | |
| Rizzo v. Goode | Lexis | |
| Ohio Civil Rights Commission | Lexis | |
| Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco | Text 567-578 | |
| Assignment 5: | A Doctrine at Conflict With Itself | |
| Redish, "The Doctrine of Younger v.
Harris: Deference in Search of a Rationale" |
PDF File |
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VII.
THE WASHINGTON CONSTITUTION'S
JUSTICIABILITY DOCTRINES
| Assignment 1: | Talmadge, "Understanding
the Limits of Power" |
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