...matter In dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and * * * an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit ia brought, and a citizen of another State." Act of Sept 24, 1789, Sec. 11, 1 Stat. 73, 78. Act of...

...development,118 in the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress gave the federal courts jurisdiction over suits in which "an alien is a party or the suit is between a citizen...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State."119 Although, from time to time Congress has raised the jurisdictional amount for both diversity...

...development,1** in the Judiciary Act of 1739 Congress gave ;he federal courts jurisdiction over suits in which "an alien is a party or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the sua is brought, and a citizen of another State."119 Although, from time to «m» Congress has raised...

...jurisdiction [of the federal court] cannot be supported. The words of the act of Congress are "where an alien is a party; or the suit is between a citizen of a state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state." The court understands these expressions...

...the Senate and then deleted from the engrossed Senate bill by the House. Original Senate Amendment or the Suit is between a citizen of the State where the Suit is bro? & a citizen of another State. ' 1. In the hand of Ellsworth and marked by Otis "Page 5," a reference...

...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners;...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State. And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority...

...els. 5 & 6. 1527 US (3 Cranch) 267 (1806). The statute, as noted above, gave jurisdiction of suits "between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State."153 Marshall's reasoning consisted of a bald conclusion: "The court understands these expressions...

...state. See Judiciary Act of 1789, § 11, 1 Stat . 73, 78 (limiting diversity jurisdiction to suits "between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State").1' Similarly, if state-court bias in the enforcement V In fact, an early draft of Section 11...

...courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where . . . the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State." Judiciary Act of 1789, ch. 20, § 11, 1 Slat. 73, 78. " "[T]he laws of the several states ....

...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners;...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction...