Hood Ex Rel. Mississippi v. City of Memphis, Tenn.

BENCH OPINION DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

GLEN H. DAVIDSON, Senior District Judge.

The United States Supreme Court held, in Steel Company v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83, 101-102, 118 S.Ct. 1003, 140 L.Ed.2d 210 (1998), that Article III generally requires a federal court to satisfy itself of its jurisdiction over the subject matter before it considers the merits of a case and that “for a court to pronounce upon [the merits] when it has no jurisdiction to do so is for a court to act ultra vires.” See also Villarreal v. Smith, 201 Fed.Appx. 192, 194 (5th Cir.2006) (“A…