Among the reforms certain to be considered are abandoning "diversity jurisdiction" and promoting alternative dispute resolution.
If the case is brought to the federal court under diversity jurisdiction, the law of the relevant state will be used to apply the privilege.
They had trial court jurisdiction over civil suits of diversity jurisdiction and major federal crimes.
Removal of claims under state law, even when a federal court indisputably has diversity jurisdiction, is more restricted.
Here, he is essentially criticizing the reach of the federal courts' diversity jurisdiction into matters of state law.
The defendants first removed to federal district court in California invoking diversity jurisdiction.
The court must have either diversity jurisdiction or federal question jurisdiction over the intervenor's claim.
The fight over diversity jurisdiction already pits lawyers against Federal judges.
As he had in the past, the Chief Justice called today for elimination or at least curtailment of diversity jurisdiction.
As has been stated before, the amendment only places a textual limitation on the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts.