What is the test for establishing that a party has jurisdiction in a federal court?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Song v. Inhae Corp., 13-4243 (2nd Cir. 2014):

established here. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994) ("It is to be presumed that a cause lies outside [a federal court's] limited jurisdiction, and the burden of establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction" (internal citations omitted)).

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