There is a good site for Supreme Court cases:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/home
A good case on jurisdiction is
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/96-643 "Steel Co. v. Citizens
for a Better Environment". (1998)From the syllabus (which is not part of the
actual decision):
"(b) This Court declines to endorse the “doctrine of hypothetical
jurisdiction,” under which several Courts of Appeals have found it proper to
proceed immediately to the merits question, despite jurisdictional objections,
at least where (1) the merits question is more readily resolved, and (2) the
prevailing party on the merits would be the same as the prevailing party were
jurisdiction denied. That doctrine carries the courts beyond the bounds of
authorized judicial action and thus offends fundamental separation-of-powers
principles. In a long and venerable line of cases, this Court has held that,
without proper jurisdiction, a court cannot proceed at all, but can only note
the jurisdictional defect and dismiss the suit. See, e.g., Capron v. Van
Noorden , 2 Cranch 126; Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U. S.
___, ___. Bell v. Hood ,supra ; National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. National
Assn. of Railroad Passengers, 414 U. S. 453; Norton v. Mathews, 427 U. S.
524;Secretary of Navy v. Avrech, 418 U. S. 676 (per curiam); United States v.
Augenblick, 393 U. S. 348; Philbrook v. Glodgett, 421 U. S. 707; and Chandler
v. Judicial Council of Tenth Circuit, 398 U. S. 74, distinguished. For a court
to pronounce upon a law’s meaning or constitutionality when it has no
jurisdiction to do so is, by very definition, an ultra vires act. Pp. 8–17."
Jim Bell
From: Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 10:32 PM
Subject: How to download the full ruling of USA Supreme Court cases?
Can this be done?
For example, this quote and "case" reference, should have some context:
"Jurisdiction, once challenged, cannot be assumed and must be
decided." [Maine v. Thiboutot, 100 S. Ct. 250]
How do I find the document containing that quote?
That quote and reference can be found by google on many sites in many
documents, but only as the quote - the full source document/ ruling
would provide the context, which would be more useful.
Some examples of URLs with the above quote (besides many others):
http://freedom-school.com/lewis-mohr/bowden-petition-and-challenge-to-jurisdiction.pdf
http://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/how-beat-any-court-case
http://thegetjusticecoalition.blogspot.com/2007/05/cp-6.html
