федеральное дело(US law : a legal case that will be decided in a U.S. federal court. make a federal case out of US informal : to become very upset or angry about (something that is not important). I agree that he shouldn't have said that, but there's no reason to make a federal case out of it. [=make a big deal about it] Do you have to make a federal case out of it every time I come home late? MWALD Alexander Demidov)