Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 1251


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1251. Original jurisdiction

      (a) The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive
    jurisdiction of all controversies between two or more States.
      (b) The Supreme Court shall have original but not exclusive
    jurisdiction of:
        (1) All actions or proceedings to which ambassadors, other
      public ministers, consuls, or vice consuls of foreign states are
      parties;
        (2) All controversies between the United States and a State;
        (3) All actions or proceedings by a State against the citizens
      of another State or against aliens.



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