What is the test for determining whether a federal court has jurisdiction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Morse v. G4S Secure Sols. (USA), Inc., Case No.: 21-CV-413-CAB-BLM (S.D. Cal. 2021):
"Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power authorized by Constitution and statute. . . ." Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). It is "presume[d] that federal courts lack jurisdiction unless the contrary appears affirmatively from the record." Renne v. Geary, 501 U.S. 312, 316 (1991) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
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