Legal Opinion
Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 17, 1999No. 98-470PublishedCited by 3,386 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case concerns the authority of the federal courts to adjudicate controversies. Jurisdiction to resolve cases on the merits requires both authority over the category of claim in suit (subject-matter jurisdiction) and authority over the parties (personal jurisdiction), so that the court’s decision will bind them. In Steel Co. v. Citizens for Better Environment, 523 U. S. 83 (1998), this Court adhered to the rule that a federal court may not hypothesize subject-matter jurisdiction for the purpose of deciding the merits. Steel Co. rejected a doctrine, once approved by several Courts of…
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