An Experimental Investigation into the Bias Rationale for Federal Diversity Jurisdiction

• In Event: The Importance of Legal Process and Procedure

Brief Overview

Federal diversity jurisdiction over cases between citizens of different states is said to be justified by concern over state court bias against out-of-state residents. We use a vignette-based experiment to evaluate the strength of this justification.

Authors

• Daniel Klerman, University of Southern California Gould School of Law

• Jonathan R. Nash, Emory University