Federal Courts: Cases, Comments and Questions

Martin H. Redish, Northwestern University School of Law

Suzanna Sherry, Vanderbilt University Law School

James E. Pfander, Northwestern University School of Law

Steven S. Gensler, University of Oklahoma Law Center

Adam N. Steinman, Texas A&M University School of Law

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Table of Contents

Redish, Sherry, Gensler, and Steinman's Federal Courts: Cases, Comments and Questions, 9th, 2024 Supplement

1. Added two established Federal Courts scholars as co-authors, bringing in new perspectives.

2. Added two new Supreme Court cases as principal cases, with Notes following them:

• Rucho v. Common Cause (Chapter 1)
• Edwards v. Vannoy (Chapter 12)

3. Added descriptions of dozens of new Supreme Court cases, lower court cases, and books and articles to the Notes.

4. Added a new subsection to Section 2 of Chapter 1 (Standing), discussing standing in the absence of adverse parties, including such topics as FISA warrants and petitions for naturalized citizenship.

5. Reorganized Chapter 3 (Legislative Courts) into three sections:

• Agency Adjudication, “Constitutional Facts,” and the Adjunct Theory
• Legislative Courts and Article III: Some Lessons from History
• Formal and Functional Solutions to Legislative Courts Problems

6. Expanded the discussion of qualified immunity in Chapter 6 (Remedies Against State and Local Action: § 1983).

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