Fowler v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “In order to provide for uniform Federal jurisdiction over ... Shenandoah National Park, the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, approved April 1, 1940, fixing and defining the respective jurisdiction and powers of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States and ceding to the United States exclusive police jurisdiction overall lands ... within the park are hereby accepted and such exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over such lands.... The courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of the United States of all civil causes of action arising on said lands to the same extent as if the cause of action had arisen in the county or city in which the land lies outside of the park area. Id. at 101-02.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 901 F. Supp. 2d 654 - Federico v. Lincoln Military Housing

2. “In the case of the death of any person by the neglect or wrongful act of another within a national park or other place Subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, within the exterior boundaries of any State, such right of action shall exist as though the place were under the jurisdiction of the State within whose exterior boundaries such place may be; and in any action brought to recover on account of injuries sustained in any such place the rights of the parties shall be governed by the laws of the State within the exterior boundaries of which it may be.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pratt v. Kelly

3. “concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of the United States of all civil causes of action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pratt v. Kelly