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.