Eldee-K Rental Properties, LLC v. Directv, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the local action doctrine “vests exclusive jurisdiction over specified types of actions involving real property in the forum where that property is located”
• explaining that under the local action doctrine, district courts generally have exclusive jurisdiction over actions to recover title or possession of property in the forum where that property is located
• noting that the court should look to 10 California law to determine which causes of action were treated as local actions but that 11 “state law does not control the effect…on our jurisdiction.”
• finding California’s procedural rules have “no effect on our analysis of our own subject matter jurisdiction”
• finding California’s procedural rules have “no effect on our analysis of our own subject matter jurisdiction”
• “Venue and subject matter jurisdiction are distinct concepts, and Congress's rejection of the local action doctrine in the venue context does not overrule the Supreme Court's prior determination that the local action doctrine is jurisdictional”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).