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  2. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley - Wikipedia

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    25 Stat. 434, c. 866 (then-current federal question jurisdiction statute; current analogue 28 U.S.C. § 1331) Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Mottley , 211 U.S. 149 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that under the existing statutory scheme, federal question jurisdiction could not be predicated on a ...

  3. Title 28 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 28 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) is the portion of the United States Code (federal statutory law) that governs the federal judicial system. It is divided into six parts: Part I: Organization of Courts

  4. Federal question jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Article III of the United States Constitution permits federal courts to hear such cases, so long as the United States Congress passes a statute to that effect. However, when Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789, which authorized the newly created federal courts to hear such cases, it initially chose not to allow the lower federal courts to possess federal question jurisdiction for fear ...

  5. C H E L S E A G R E E N P U B L I S H I N G W H I T E R I V E ...

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    and government—2001– I. Title. JC599.U5W63 2007 323.4'90973—dc22 2007024640 Chelsea Green Publishing Company Post Office Box 428 White River Junction, VT 05001 (802) 295-6300 www.chelseagreen.com EOA2 Final Pages 7/27/07 12:05 PM Page ii

  6. Tennessee Attorney General - Wikipedia

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    Unlike any other state, the Tennessee Attorney General is an officer of the judicial branch, not the executive branch.Article VI Section 5 of the Tennessee Constitution provides for the appointment of the Attorney General by the justices of the Supreme Court for a term of 8 years. [4]

  7. Sovereign immunity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    If the state or local government entities receive federal funding for whatever purpose, they cannot claim sovereign immunity if they are sued in federal court for discrimination. The United States Code, Title 42, Section 2000d-7 explicitly says this. The 2001 Supreme Court decision of Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v.

  8. Melania Trump ready for ‘exciting’ return to White House: ‘We ...

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    Melania Trump said she is ready for an "exciting" four more years in the White House as she and her husband President-elect Donald Trump "have a lot to do to put the country back in shape."

  9. Tennessee House of Representatives 28th district - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee House of Representatives 28th district in the United States is one of 99 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly. It covers the areas surrounding downtown Chattanooga , along with various outer parts of the city, such as East Chattanooga, Brainerd, and Alton Park.