Kansas v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The facts are stated in the opinion. Jurisdictional qualities must exist as to all parties in order to confer jurisdiction. Great Southern Hotel Company. v. Jones, 177 U..S,. 449. The United States, the real party in interest, as defendant, has not consented to be sued, and cannot be sued without its consent, even by a State.
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The facts are stated in the opinion. Jurisdictional qualities must exist as to all parties in order to confer jurisdiction. Great Southern Hotel Company. v. Jones, 177 U..S,. 449. The United States, the real party in interest, as defendant, has not consented to be sued, and cannot be sued without its consent, even by a State. The contention that; sincé' a -State without its consent may be sued by the United States, United States v. Texas,-143 U. S. 621, it follows that the United States without its consent may be sued by a State, is obviously unsound'. The • question has been squarely…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
On April 30, 1906, the State of Kansas applied for' leave to file a bill of complaint against the United States and others, to which the United States objected on the ground of want of jurisdiction. May 21 leave was granted, without prejudice, and the bill was accordingly filed. As such an application by a State is usually granted as of course, we thought' it wiser to allow the bill to be filed, but reserving to. the United States-the right to object to the jurisdiction thereafter, and hence the words, “without prejudice,” were inserted in the order. October'9 leave was granted to the United…
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