Legal Opinion

In Re Baiz

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 5, 1890No. 11. OriginalPublishedCited by 82 opinions

ORIGINAL. The case, as stated by the court, was as follow.s : On the 29th day of June, 1889, an action was commenced by one John Henry Hollander in - the District Court of the United States for the Southern-District of New York against Jacob Baiz, to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel upon the plaintiff, and a summons -was served upon him on the 2d day of July of that year.

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ORIGINAL. The case, as stated by the court, was as follow.s : On the 29th day of June, 1889, an action was commenced by one John Henry Hollander in - the District Court of the United States for the Southern-District of New York against Jacob Baiz, to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel upon the plaintiff, and a summons -was served upon him on the 2d day of July of that year. The defendant entered a general appearance in the action, which was filed July 17, 1889. On the 25th day of September,'1889, the defendant verified his answer, which contained a plea to the…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

The judicial power of the United States extends to “áll cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls.” Const. Art. III, sec. 2.

By section 687 of the Revised Statutes, it is provided that the Supreme Court “ shall hate exclusively all such jurisdiction of. suits or proceedings against ambassadors, or other. public ministers, or their domestics, or domestic servants, as a. court of law can have consistently with the law of nations; and original, but not exclusive, jurisdiction of all suits brought by ambassadors, or other public ministers, or in which • a consul or a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. The AnneSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  2. Ex Parte HitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. United States v. OrtegaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1825
  4. United States v. LiddleU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1808

3Cited by82 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. United States v. Wong Kim ArkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. United States v. Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Hamdi, United States of America v. Ibrahim Ahmed Al-HamdiCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
  5. Atlee v. LairdDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972

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