QUESTION PRESENTED

This Court has explained that while "jurisdiction is a question of whether a . . . court has the power . . . to hear a case, . . . . relief is a question of the various remedies a . . . court may make available. A plaintiff may have a cause of action even though he be entitled to no relief at all[.]" Davis v. Passman, 442 U.S. 228, 239 n.18 (1979). And, "[t]he nature of the relief available after jurisdiction attaches is, of course, different from the question whether there is jurisdiction to adjudicate the controversy[.] [T]he breadth or narrowness of the relief which may be granted . . . is a distinct question from whether the court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter." Avco Corp. v. Aero Lodge No. 735, Int’l Ass’n of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, 390 U.S. 557, 561 (1968).

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