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State Law Claim Review Standard in Federal Action

The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that federal law governs the ultimate issue of constitutional law in this Texas jail case, but state law provisions governing daily jail operations were a state law matter and federal courts do not have jurisdiction to decide them. Court largely affirmed ...

 

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