He said the state lacked jurisdiction over the laboratory because it is a Federal installation.
Further, as a foreign national, he argued that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over him.
A lower court had ruled that the state lacked jurisdiction to file suit.
If the federal court lacks jurisdiction, the case is dismissed.
The defendants argued that the Court lacked jurisdiction over the issue, as it was a political question.
So he has plenty of time, but lacks jurisdiction.
Since the Court held it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case, the second question was not answered.
Second, the Court lacked general appellate jurisdiction over federal criminal cases until 1891.
The court said it lacked jurisdiction to hear the commissioner's appeal.
However, the Court lacked jurisdiction to decide the class-certification question at that point in the action.