subject matter jurisdiction

Subject matter jurisdiction concerns the area of law over which a court has authority.

Criminal and civil subject matter jurisdiction varies in each court.

Challenges to the subject matter jurisdiction were heard before the circuit court in early October 1885.

Valid final judgments must be issued by courts with appropriate personal and subject matter jurisdiction.

Lack of personal or subject matter jurisdiction of the court, such as diplomatic immunity.

March 16, 2005: Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the case based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

The Court possesses limited subject matter jurisdiction, meaning that it may hear only cases involving particular international trade and customs law questions.

In the United States, a court must have both personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction.

Federal Courts are courts of limited subject matter jurisdiction.

A few defenses, in particular a court's lack of subject matter jurisdiction, need not be plead and may be raised at any time.

This article concerns the term "general jurisdiction" as used in reference to subject matter jurisdiction.

Second, it must determine whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction will affect its subject matter jurisdiction.

First, because subject matter jurisdiction involves a court's power to hear a case, it can never be forfeited or waived.

There are two "subsets" of subject matter jurisdiction.

Motion to Dismiss granted without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on June 8, 2011.

The case was dismissed by a Federal judge in November 2005 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, citing, among other things, the political question doctrine.

Powell stated that without explicit language establishing liability on the government, there can be no valid claim or subject matter jurisdiction.

Courts often did not specify whether a case was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or for failure to state a claim.

All courts have two types of jurisdiction: subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction.

See the article on federal supplemental subject matter jurisdiction here: supplemental jurisdiction.

But unlike their Supreme Court counterparts, their subject matter jurisdiction must be granted by statute.

The court's subject matter jurisdiction is conferred by the Wisconsin Constitution and is quite broad.

Such a violation of federal law would have provided the requisite subject matter jurisdiction (federal question) to address the amended complaint.

The Court first noted that federal question case law often erroneously conflated subject matter jurisdiction requirements with the required elements of a claim for relief.

The U.S. district court dismissed Bakers' suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.