Formalism matters in federal court. One cannot obtain access to the courtroom without presenting the jurisdictional key to the courtroom door. A fundamental principle of subject matter jurisdiction is that parties asserting...more
7/16/2019
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Federal Rule 52(a) requires that when a district court conducts a bench trial, it is obliged to “find the facts specially.” In its recent significant decision in ENI US Operating Co., Inc. v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater...more