Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Historical Background And Contemporary Themes -- Part I: Constitutional and Statutory Limits on Federal Court Jurisdiction

Chapter 2. Justiciability: Constitutional and Prudential Limits on Federal Judicial Power -- Chapter 3. Congressional Control of Federal and State Court Jurisdiction -- Chapter 4. Congressional Power to Create Legislative Courts -- Chapter 5. The Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts -- Chapter 6. Federal Common Law

Part II: Federal Court Relief Against Governments and Government Officers

Chapter 7. Suits Against State Governments: The Eleventh Amendment and Sovereign Immunity -- Chapter 8. Federal Court Relief Against Local Governments and State and Local Government Officers: 42 U.S.C. Section §1983 -- Chapter 9. Federal Court Relief Against Federal Officers and the Federal Government

Part III: Federal Court Review of State Court Judgments and Proceedings

Chapter 10. U.S. Supreme Court Review -- Chapter 11. Statutory Control of the Relationship Between Federal Courts and the States -- Chapter 12. Federal Court Abstention Because of Unclear State Law -- Chapter 13. Federal Court Abstention to Avoid Review of State Court Judgments or Interference with Pending State Proceedings -- Chapter 14. Abstention to Avoid Duplicative Litigation -- Chapter 15. Federal Court Collateral Review of Criminal Convictions: Habeas Corpus Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix B: Selected Federal Statutes -- Table of Cases -- Index

"The Ninth Edition of Federal Jurisdiction continues to be an accessible and thorough exposition of the laws, issues, and policies that determine the jurisdiction of federal courts"--