Also known as: Federal · F.
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An abbreviation denoting matters pertaining to the federal government or the Federal Reserve System.
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Frank Fisher, a state police chief, received a directive from Fed. officials requiring his officers to perform background checks on handgun buyers under a new federal program. Fisher refused, citing limits on federal authority over state officers. The state court upheld the refusal, preventing the Fed. program from commandeering local enforcement resources.
Felix Franco, sued in state court by a supplier, filed a notice of removal in the local Fed. district court within thirty days of service. The notice included a short statement of grounds and copies of all served pleadings. The Fed. court accepted the filing and took jurisdiction over the civil action.
Francesca Fiore created a spendthrift trust for her nephew. A Fed. tax lien arose against the nephew for unpaid income taxes. The trustee honored the claim to the extent federal law permitted attachment of future distributions.
Fabian Flynn sold his mortgaged warehouse to a buyer without notifying the lender. The mortgage contained a due-on-sale clause enforceable under Fed. law. The lender accelerated the full debt and initiated foreclosure proceedings against the property.
Fed. prosecutors obtained grand jury testimony about a bribery scheme. They disclosed portions to state investigators deemed necessary to assist enforcement of federal criminal law. The state agents used the materials only for that purpose and returned them promptly.
Finn Fletcher offered business records showing a pattern of payments in a contract dispute. The records tended to prove a disputed fact of consequence. The Fed. court admitted the evidence because no constitutional, statutory, or rule-based bar applied.
It denotes federal government matters or the Federal Reserve System.
…necessarily identical. Pp. 123. 2. Roe had standing to sue; the Does and Hallford did not. Pp. 123-129. (a) The normal rule of federal standing is that a litigant may assert only his own constitutional rights or immunities. The rule has no application where, as here, the plaintiff is himself or herself the immediate object…