Federal courts & procedure

The governing law

28 U.S.C.

• 28 U.S.C. § 1291 §1291. Final decisions of district courts The courts of appeals (other than the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all cited by 25989 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1331 §1331. Federal question The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. (June 25, cited by 25476 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1332 §1332. Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs cited by 22442 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2254 §2254. State custody; remedies in Federal courts cited by 19687 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2255 §2255. Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence cited by 12852 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1367 §1367. Supplemental jurisdiction cited by 10449 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1346 §1346. United States as defendant cited by 9774 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1441 §1441. Removal of civil actions cited by 9626 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1292 §1292. Interlocutory decisions cited by 9480 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2201 §2201. Creation of remedy cited by 8717 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1404 §1404. Change of venue cited by 6619 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2241 §2241. Power to grant writ cited by 5709 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1391 §1391. Venue generally cited by 5389 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1447 §1447. Procedure after removal generally cited by 4889 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1915 §1915. Proceedings in forma pauperis (a)(1) Subject to subsection (b), any court of the United States may authorize the commencement, prosecution or defense of any suit, action or cited by 4366 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2253 §2253. Appeal cited by 4161 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1295 §1295. Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cited by 3870 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2244 §2244. Finality of determination cited by 3526 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1446 §1446. Procedure for removal of civil actions cited by 3505 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2680 §2680. Exceptions The provisions of this chapter and section 1346(b) of this title shall not apply to- cited by 3280 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2412 §2412. Costs and fees (a)(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a judgment for costs, as enumerated in section 1920 of this title, but not including the fees and cited by 3277 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1651 §1651. Writs cited by 2733 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 1338 §1338. Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition cited by 2687 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 2671 §2671. Definitions As used in this chapter and sections 1346(b) and 2401(b) of this title, the term "Federal agency" includes the executive departments, the judicial and legislativ cited by 2065 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 994 §994. Duties of the Commission cited by 1766 cases
• 28 U.S.C. § 455 §455. Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge cited by 1694 cases

9 U.S.C.

• 9 U.S.C. § 2 § 2. Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate cited by 2442 cases
• 9 U.S.C. § 1 § 1. “Maritime transactions” and “commerce” defined; exceptions to operation of title cited by 2388 cases
• 9 U.S.C. § 3 § 3. Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration cited by 1763 cases
• 9 U.S.C. § 10 § 10. Same; vacation; grounds; rehearing cited by 1739 cases

Representative cases

1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 construes 28 U.S.C. § 1291; cited by 16945 cases
2. Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 construes 28 U.S.C. § 2241, 28 U.S.C. § 2244, 28 U.S.C. § 2254; cited by 4378 cases
3. United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 construes 28 U.S.C. § 991, 28 U.S.C. § 994; cited by 4742 cases
4. Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619 construes 28 U.S.C. § 2111, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 28 U.S.C. § 2255; cited by 2167 cases
5. Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722 construes 28 U.S.C. § 1257, 28 U.S.C. § 2254; cited by 3070 cases
6. First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 construes 9 U.S.C. § 1, 9 U.S.C. § 10, 9 U.S.C. § 16, 9 U.S.C. § 4; cited by 1420 cases
7. Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp., 546 U.S. 500 construes 28 U.S.C. § 1331, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, 28 U.S.C. § 1346, 28 U.S.C. § 1367, 28 U.S.C. § 1867; cited by 1112 cases
8. Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 construes 28 U.S.C. § 994; cited by 5061 cases
9. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 construes 28 U.S.C. § 991, 28 U.S.C. § 994; cited by 2520 cases
10. Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 construes 28 U.S.C. § 2412, 28 U.S.C. § 991, 28 U.S.C. § 994; cited by 1525 cases

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