case or controversy

case or controversy
A term used in Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution to describe the structure by which actual, conflicting claims of individuals must be brought before a federal court for resolution if the court is to exercise its jurisdiction to consider the questions and provide relief.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


case or controversy
A term used in Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution to describe the structure by which actual, conflicting claims of individuals must be brought before a federal court for resolution if the court is to exercise its jurisdiction to consider the questions and provide relief.

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  • case and controversy — See case; case or controversy; controversy …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Case or Controversy clause — The Case or Controversy Clause of Article III of the United States Constitution (found in Art. III, Section 2, Clause 1) has been deemed to impose a requirement that United States federal courts are not permitted to hear cases that do not pose an …   Wikipedia

  • case or controversy — AD actual controversy over an issue, not merely a desire for an abstract declaration of the law. Re Summers, 325 US 561, 89 L Ed 1795, 65 S Ct 1307. A case was defined by Chief Justice Marshall to be a suit instituted according to the regular… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • case or controversy — See case standing to sue doctrine …   Black's law dictionary

  • case or controversy — See case standing to sue doctrine …   Black's law dictionary

  • case — 1 n [Latin casus accident, event, set of circumstances, literally, act of falling] 1 a: a civil or criminal suit or action the judicial power shall extend to all case s, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution U.S. Constitution art.… …   Law dictionary

  • controversy — con·tro·ver·sy / kän trə ˌvər sēBrit alsokən trä vər sē/ n pl sies 1: a state of dispute or disagreement suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars U.S. Constitution amend. VII 2: a civil action involving a… …   Law dictionary

  • case requirement — >> controversy (2). Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …   Law dictionary

  • Controversy — Disagree redirects here. For the Malaysian band, see Disagree (band). For other uses, see Controversy (disambiguation). Auseinandersetzung (Controversy), by Karl Henning Seemann Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate,… …   Wikipedia

  • Controversy (law) — In jurisprudence, a controversy differs from a case; while the latter includes all suits, criminal as well as civil, a controversy is a purely civil proceeding. For example, the Case or Controversy Clause of Article Three of the United States… …   Wikipedia

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