Common Nucleus of Operative Facts (CNOF)

Type

Definition

Week

Week 2

Course

LA 14 - Civil Litigation

Definition

The doctrine that a federal court will have pendent jurisdiction over state-law claims that arise from the same facts as the federal claims providing a basis for subject-matter jurisdiction; most likely involves CNOF if a reasonable person could look at different claims and say, "these are the same event."

URL

https://definitions.uslegal.com/c/common-nucleus-of-operative-fact-test/#:~:text=Common-nucleus-of-operative%20fact%20test%20is%20a%20legal%20doctrine%20which,was%20first%20adopted%20in%20United%20Mine%20Workers%20v.