Legal Definition and Related Resources of Diversity Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of a federal court arising from diversity of citizenship of the parties . See Diversity of citizenship .

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Diversity Jurisdiction in Historical Law

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United States Constitutional Meaning of Diversity Jurisdiction

The legitimate authority of federal courts to hear cases in which the parties have “diversity of citizenship,” that is, when they are citizens of different states or of a state and a foreign country.

Diversity Jurisdiction in the law of the United States

Diversity Jurisdiction: Related U.S. Resources

• Diversity Jurisdiction in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Judicial Organization Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Judicial Organization Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

Diversity jurisdiction in Maritime Law

Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.

See “Erie doctrine” (see this legal maritime term in this law dictionary).

Diversity jurisdiction in Admiralty Law

For information on diversity jurisdiction in this context, see the entry on diversity jurisdiction in the maritime law encyclopedia.

Diversity Jurisdiction (Judicial Organization)

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