pendent jurisdiction
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From 289 U.S. 238 - Hurn v. Oursler · 1933Most cited · 2,297 citing opinions
where two distinct grounds in support of a single cause of action are alleged, one only of which presents a federal question, the federal court, even though the federal ground be not established, may nevertheless retain and dispose of the case upon the nonfederal ground; in the latter case, where two separate and distinct causes of action are alleged, one only of which is federal in character, it may not do so upon the nonfederal cause of action