Legal Opinion
Connecticut v. Cahill
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 7, 2000No. Docket No. 99-7793PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge SOTOMAYOR dissents with a separate opinion.
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents an issue not previously litigated in this Court: whether a suit is within the jurisdiction of a federal district court or the United States Supreme Court. The precise issue is whether a suit brought by a State against officers of another State should be deemed to be against the other State itself, in which event it would lie within the Supreme Court’s “original and exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies between two or more States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1251(a) (1994).
The issue arises on an appeal by…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Connecticut ex rel. Blumenthal v. CrottyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Dotson v. GriesaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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