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Federal Courts Outline I. The Judicial Function 3 A. Marbury and the Judicial Role 3 B. Supremacy v. Limits on Court’s Power (Jusiticiability, Avoidance, Politics) 4 II. The State Courts 6 A. State Concurrent Jursidiciton (Tafflin) v. Federal Removal Powers (Tenn. v. Davis) 6 B. Limits on State Judicial Power: Testa Tarble’s 6 C. The Erie Doctrine 7 III. Supreme Court Review of State Court Judgments 7 A. The General Rules: Review of Fed. Issues from Highest State Courts (Martin, Murdock, Fox Films) 7 B. The Three Rules of “Transmutation”: Limited Review of State Law Questions 9 1. State Law Blocking Fed. Right: Review to Correct “Manipulation” (Brand) 9 2. Fed. Law Incorporates State Law: Review to Correct “Manipulation” (Reconstruction Finacnce) 9 3. State Law Incorporates Fed. Law: Correct Erroneous Interpretation (Van Cott, Std Oil) 9 C. Ambiguity in Grounds of Decision (Michigan v. Long) 10 D. Adequacy of State Procedural Grounds (Staub) 11 IV. Federal Question Jurisdiction of The Lower Federal Courts 11 A. The Constitutional Grant (Osborn) 11 B. The Statutory Grant (Mottley–Grable) 12 V. Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction of Lower Federal Courts 13 A. History and Policy 13 B. The Scope of the Writ (Brown, Stone) 14 C. “New Rules” (Teague, Terry Williams) 15 D. Procedural Default 17 E. Exhaustion Successive Petitions 18 F. Factfinding 18 G. Friedman: Habeas as Appeal 18 VI. Civil Rights Jurisdiction of Lower Federal Courts 19 A. Section 1983 Actions (Home Telephone, Monroe) 19 B. Bivens Actions 19 VII. Allocating Cases Between State and Federal Courts 20 A. The Parity Debate 20 B. The Anti-Injunction Act (Atlantic Coast, Mitchum) 21 C. The Younger Doctrine 22 D. Abstention Doctrines: Pullman, Thibodaux, administrative 24 E. Problems: Preclusion Double-Tracking 25 F. Solutions: Certification, England 27 G. Friedman: Multijurisdictional Theory Interest Analysis 28 VIII . 11th Amendment Immunities 30 A. 11th Amendment