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US CodeTitle 28Chapter 81§ 1251

§ 1251

Original jurisdiction

28 U.S.C. § 1251.
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((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.

Release: pl-119-59 (2025-12-18)

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