Louisiana v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The grounds of the motion are repeated in the opinion of the court: The Constitution provides, in section 2, among other things, as follows: “* * * Xn all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers ■ and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.”
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The grounds of the motion are repeated in the opinion of the court: The Constitution provides, in section 2, among other things, as follows: “* * * Xn all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers ■ and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.” Congress almost immediately passed tho-Judiciary Act of 1789 (1 Stat. L., 73), the thirteenth section of which is now section 687, Eevised Statutes. It is provided therein that — ■ “ The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all…
1Opinion of the Court
Eichardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant, by petition filed September 20,1886, presents claims founded upon two acts of Congress.
The defendants move to dismiss, “ because,” as alleged, “this court has neither original nor concurrent jurisdiction under the Constitution and laws of the United States to hear and determine a cause in which a State is a party in a suit against the United States.”
Article 2, section 3, of the Constitution provides that, “ in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the…
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