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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-896.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 50, lines 29-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-896.pdf","page_label":"file page 50, lines 29-29"}]}],"slug":"2002-01-896-ford-motor-co-v-mccauley","term":"2002","title":"Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction over this dispute?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 24, lines 7-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-896.pdf","page_label":"file page 24, lines 7-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 33-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-896.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 33-1"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}