Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. Little Rock Cardiology Clinic, P.A.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that parties cannot waive or consent to subject-matter jurisdiction
• noting the Anti-Injunction Act “restricts federal courts’ authority to issue” injunctions against state proceedings
• noting the general rule that \a court may not assume ‘hypothetical jurisdiction' to decide 'contested questions of law when its jurisdiction is in doubt' \ (quoting Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env't, 523 U.S. 83, 101, 118 S.Ct. 1003, 140 L.Ed.2d 210 (1998))
• noting the general rule that “a court may not assume ‘hypothetical jurisdiction’ to decide ‘contested questions of law when its jurisdiction is in doubt’ ” (quoting Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 523 U.S. 83, 101, 118 S. Ct. 1003, 140 L. Ed. 2d 210 (1998))
• “The burden of establishing that a cause of action lies within the limited jurisdiction of the federal courts is on the party asserting jurisdiction.”
• “A court may not assume ‘hypothetical jurisdiction’ to decide contested questions of law when its jurisdiction is in doubt”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).