HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 14.5.6 Supplemental or Pendent Jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. § 1367)
Federal housing cases will often raise the issue of pendent or supplemental jurisdiction due to the presence of multiple claims and parties. Supplemental jurisdiction refers to the federal courts’ authority to hear additional claims substantially related to the original claim, even though the court would lack subject matter jurisdiction to hear the additional claims independently. Before 1990, when the supplemental jurisdiction statute was codified, these jurisdictional questions were governed by U.S.