Any state within a federation is under both state and federal jurisdiction. The laws of the state apply to that state, and the laws of the federation apply to all states within it, which includes the aforementioned state.
ADDED: In the US - the District of Columbia (Washington DC) is a perfect example.
Concurrent jurisdiction
Concurrent jurisdiction allows both state and federal courts to hear cases involving federal laws, diversity of citizenship cases, and cases involving concurrent jurisdiction statutes. It means either court can hear the case.
Concurrent jurisdiction
Concurrent jurisdiction
Yes. When both state and federal courts have authority to hear the same case, it's called concurrent jurisdiction.
Either the state or federal court.
Yes, but not at the same time.
Concurrent.
. . . . are known as CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.
Concurrent jurisdiction is when a suit or charge might reach any of two or more courts, for example, at the state and federal level.When a person is tried in both State and federal court for robbing a federally insured bankExamples of Concurrent jurisdiction cases:suits or crimes involving federal lawscontract and tort cases where there is diversity of citizenshipemployment discrimination cases.
When state and federal courts both have authority to hear the same case, they have concurrent jurisdiction.Each system has both courts of original jurisdiction (trial courts) and courts of appellate jurisdiction. State courts typically hear matters involving state questions; federal courts hear matters involving federal questions. There are some exceptions, however, when a case may be heard in either state or federal court.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Yes, the jurisdiction is concurrent, meaning that the case may be filed in either the state or the federal courts. Title 28 of the US Code, Section 1332 defines the requirements for diversity jurisdiction, but it does not require that all cases that meet the definition must be filed in the federal court.