Venue I
Learn about the concept of venue, which deals with the proper court in which a lawsuit may be filed, and its relationship to subject-matter and personal jurisdiction.
Transcript
Welcome to Venue, Part One!
First, we’ll spend a few moments introducing you to the basic concept of “venue,” and we’ll briefly survey its relationship to the concepts of subject-matter and personal jurisdiction.
Next, we’ll dive straight into 28 U.S.C. § 1391, which is the general statute governing venue in the federal district courts. We don’t have enough time to cover § 1391 entirely here, so we’ll talk about the general provisions of § 1391(b) in this clip, while we’ll get into subsections...
