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AP U.S. Government 3.2 Institutions of National Government. "Diversity of citizenship" cases are what?
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Thank you We sneak And here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by diversity of citizenship A requirement for
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every united colors of benetton ad university of citizenship cases
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Uh what And hear the roman numerals We typically think
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that turf wars are mostly the stuff of gangs and
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elementary school playgrounds but courts actually face similar issues over
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what's called jurisdiction We'll each court possesses a distinct jurisdiction
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which is why federal courts here cases when issues within
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the case deal with surprise surprise federal issues like tax
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evasion treaties and other federal laws They also deal with
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diversity of citizenship cases Let's see which roman numerals can
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help diversify Our understanding of the situation at hand Our
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diversity of citizenship cases one cases involving american citizens of
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different races Well in this case diversity actually refers to
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win The plaintiff and the defendant reside in different jurisdictional
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locations So we congar ahead andy raise one into do
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diversity of citizenship cases Three involve american citizens from different
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states When a citizen of one state sues a citizen
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of another state the case gets bumped up to the
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federal courts Since holding the trial in any one of
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the two states might accidentally sway the outcome So check
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yourself before you wreck yourself Three what about four cases
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involving an american citizen and the citizen of a different
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country while federal courts also hear cases When a u
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s citizen sues a citizen of another country since the
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federal government is responsible for managing relations with other nations
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so that's a score for fouras Well so if diversity
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of citizenship cases include disputes between american citizens from different
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states or american citizens and citizens of a different country
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well that makes me the right answer If there's a
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case between an american citizen and the citizen from another
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planet however well then the case goes all the way
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to the intergalactic tribunal They're pretty hard on americans though 00:01:59.034 --> [endTime] so well May the force be with us
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