Altman v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that subject-matter jurisdiction concerns “the right of the court to exercise judicial power over a class of cases, not the particular case before it”
• noting that “[j]urisdiction to make a determination is not dependent upon the correctness of the determination made”
• noting that “[b]ecause the trial court had jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties, the action taken by the trial court, though involving an erroneous exercise of jurisdiction, was not void. . . .”
• noting that “[b]ecause the trial court had jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties, the action taken by the trial court, though involving an erroneous exercise of jurisdiction, was not void. . . .”
• the “question of jurisdiction does not depend on the truth or falsity of the charge, but upon its nature”
• “The question of jurisdiction does not depend on the truth or falsity of the charge, but upon its nature: it is determinable on the commencement, not at the conclusion, of the inquiry.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).