Supplemental Jurisdiction
Supplemental Jurisdiction
An important issue in American federalism has been the extent to which courts created by the federal government may adjudicate claims that would, standing alone, ordinarily lie outside their subject matter jurisdiction, but that have a relationship to matters already before the federal court.
The Demonstration explores this issue of "supplemental jurisdiction". You can vary: (1) the nature of the underlying jurisdiction-conferring claim; (2) the nature of the potential additional claim; and (3) the applicability of 28 U.S.C. § 1367, so as to appreciate how the enactment of that statute changed existing law.
Your selections yield a graphical illustration and a short description of the outcome. Federal jurisdiction exists over claims depicted with dark green arrows. Supplemental jurisdiction is available over claims depicted with light green arrows. No supplemental jurisdiction is available over claims depicted with red arrows. Yellow arrows denote a situation in which the existence of jurisdiction depends on additional factors.