Federal question
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 317 U.S. 173 - Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 1942Most cited · 967 citing opinions
When a federal statute condemns an act as unlawful the extent and nature of the legal consequences of the condemnation, though left by the statute to judicial determination, are nevertheless federal questions, the answers to which are to be derived from the statute and the federal policy which it has adopted.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910