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STATE COURTS In the United States , many state court systems are divided into divisions such as Criminal , Civil , Family , and Probate . A court within any one of those divisions would lack subject matter jurisdiction to hear a case regarding matters assigned to another division. Most U.S. State court systems, however, include a Superior Court that has "general" jurisdiction; that is, it is competent to hear any case over which no other tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction. U.S. FEDERAL COURTS Subject matter jurisdiction is broadly developed in the and Federal Question Jurisdiction . According to the Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure , a federal court may dismiss a case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction upon motion of a party or '' Sua Sponte '', upon its own initiative. Lack of subject matter jurisdiction cannot be waived. |
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