Includes index.

The federal judicial system -- The judicial power under Article III -- Justiciability and the case or controversy requirement -- Federal authority and state courts -- Supreme Court review of statecourt decisions -- Collateral attacks on state judgments of conviction -- The Erie Doctrine and the obligation of federal courts to follow state law -- Federal common law -- Challenges to jurisdiction -- The "federal question" jurisdiction -- Diversity jurisdiction -- Venue and transfer -- Special problems of removal jurisdiction -- Parallel proceedings in state and federal court -- Inter-system preclusion and the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine -- Appellate review in the federal system -- State sovereign immunity -- The Section 1983 Cause of Action -- Limits on the jurisdiction -- Challenging state action in state court -- Congressional power to curtail the jurisdiction of the federal courts -- Congressional power to control judicial decision making -- Non-Article III courts and judges.