On the Road to the Merits in Our Federal System: Is the “Forum Defendant Rule” a Procedural Speed Bump or a Jurisdictional Road Block?

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On the Road to the Merits in Our Federal System: Is the “Forum Defendant Rule” a Procedural Speed Bump or a Jurisdictional Road Block?

Keywords

Judicial Code, Federal jurisdiction, Forum non conveniens, Removal of causes, Subject matter jurisdiction (Law), United States

Aaron E. Hankel (Washington University School of Law)

Pages	427-456
Publication	Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Published	2008-01-01