A little help with Allapattah (specifically Finley, which Allapattah overruled):
S1 Mrs. Finley -------- Wrongful death husband &
kids ---------> City SD & Util Co
.....................................San
Diego airport
.....................................electrical
power lines on approach
.....................................Forum:
state court
.....................................Result:
can't sue US in state ct (~ 11th Amendment US Const: citizen can't
sue a state in fed cts)
S2 Mrs. Finley -------- Wrongful death husband &
kids ---------> US
..... (FAA negligence b/c runway
lighting obscuring power lines)
.....................................Case
arising under Fed Torts Claims Act
.....................................Forum:
fed court (exclu SMJ when US = D)
S2 Motion: Add S1 pendent claims & pendent parties to S2.
US SCt maj: pendent & ancillary SMJ = unconstitutional
usurpation of the Art III fed judicial power;
(1989) (none of the prior 3 SCt cases--Gibbs, Aldinger, Owen--were
overruled).
Next year (1990): Congress codifies pendent & ancillary SMJ under rubric of "Supplemental" SMJ in 28 USC Sec. 1367.
Allapattah (2005): early US SCt cases limiting diversity jurtisd, on amount in controversy grounds, overruled by Sec. 1367.