Federal Courts
Professor Lee
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Spring
2010 Course Syllabus |
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| All references are to Doernberg &
Wingate, FEDERAL COURTS, FEDERALISM AND SEPARATION OF POWERS
(4th
ed.) (2008). Assignments include notes and questions
following principal cases unless otherwise noted.
Click on any class for Professor
Lee's lecture outline.
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| Class #1 |
Introductory lecture. No
reading assignment. |
| Class #2 |
Judicial
Review. Marbury v. Madison (handout
available in bookstore) |
| Class
#3 |
Standing.
Allen v.
Wright, pp. 34-60 |
| Class
#4 |
Standing.
Massachusetts v. EPA,
pp. 60-79 |
| Class
#5 |
Standing.
Summers v. Earth Island Institute, http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-463.pdf |
| Class
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Standing.
Notes, pp. 80-100 |
| Class
#7 |
Ripeness.
Abbott
Laboratories v. Gardner, pp. 100-111 |
| Class
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Mootness.
Defunis
v. Odegaard, pp. 111-122 |
| Class
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Political Questions.
Nixon
v. United States, pp. 144-62 |
| Class
#10 |
Congressional Control of the
Appellate Jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court. |
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Ex Parte
McCardle, Ex Parte Yerger, pp.
165-74
Ratner, Congressional Power over the Appellate Jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court, pp. 174-76
Gunther, Congressional Power to Curtail Federal Court
Jurisdiction: An Opinionated Guide to the Ongoing Debate,
pp. 177-81.
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| Class
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Congressional Control of
Federal Court Jurisdiction. |
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Boumediene
v. Bush, http://supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1195.pdf |
| Class
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Congressional Control of the
Jurisdiction of the Lower Federal Courts |
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Sheldon v. Sill, pp.
193-99
Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc., pp. 199-221 |
| Class
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Legislative Courts.
Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Schor, pp. 352-67
Magistrates as Adjuncts to the District Courts, pp. 367-71 |
| Class
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Implied Private Rights of Action
Under the Constitution
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of
Narcotics, pp. 440-55 |
| Class
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Implied Private Rights of Action
Under Federal Statutes
Introductory Note and Questions, pp.
455-57
Cannon v. University of Chicago, pp. 458-71
California v. Sierra Club, pp. 471-80 |
| Class
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Limits
on Implied Private Rights of Action
Schweiker v. Chilicky, pp.
480-99 |
| Class
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Section 1983.
Monroe
v. Pape, pp. 510-31 |
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Section 1983.
Bd.
of County Commissioners v. Brown, pp. 555-76 |
| Class
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Official Immunity.
Harlow
v. Fitzgerald, pp. 576-98 |
| Class
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Procedural
Due Process. Parratt
v. Taylor (please
read online); Note on Protected and Unprotected Interests, pp.
598-605 |
| Class
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The Eleventh Amendment.
Hans v. Louisiana, pp.
607-28 |
| Class
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The Eleventh Amendment.
Ex Parte Young, pp.
629-46 |
| Class
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The Eleventh Amendment.
Edelman v. Jordan, pp.
646-65 |
| Class
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The Eleventh
Amendment. Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer, pp.
666-77;
Bd. of Trustees v. Garrett,
pp. 677-96 |
| Class
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The Eleventh Amendment.
Seminole Tribe v. Florida, pp. 697-736 |
| Class
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The Anti-Injunction Act. Atlantic
Coast Line R.R. Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, pp.
746-61 |
| Class
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Abstention.
Railroad Comm'n v.
Pullman Co., pp. 774-85 |
| Class
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Abstention.
Younger v. Harris, pp.
785-801 |
| Class
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Abstention.
Steffel v. Thompson,
pp. 801-13; Hicks v. Miranda, pp.813-22 |
| Class
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Abstention.
Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd., pp 822-35
Note on Other Developments in Younger Abstention, pp. 836-41 |
| Class
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Abstention.
Burford v. Sun Oil Co., pp.
841-55
Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., pp. 855-65 |
| Class
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Abstention.
Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
States, pp. 865-78
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| Class
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Supreme Court Review of State Court Decisions.
Murdock v. City of Memphis, pp. 879-901 |
| Class
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Supreme Court Review of State Court Decisions.
Fox Film Corp. v. Muller, pp. 901-03;
Delaware v. Prouse, pp. 903-06;
Minnesota v. Nat'l Tea Co., pp. 906-11;
Michigan v. Long, pp. 911-26
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Federal Habeas Corpus.
Introduction,
pp. 1051-59; Note on Statutory Structure, pp. 1059-63; Williams
v. Taylor, pp.
1127-64 |
| Class
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Federal
Habeas Corpus. Teague v.
Lane, pp. 1101-26 |
| Class
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Federal Habeas Corpus.
Coleman
v. Thompson, pp. 1164-93 |
| Class
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Review
session |
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