...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 is brought, and a citizen of another State." Act of Sept. 24, 1789, Sec. 11, 1 Stat. 73, 78. Act of 1875 * * * in which there shall be a...

...Congress gave the federal courts jurisdiction over suits in which "an alien is a party or the suit is between a citizen of the State 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...

...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 to mean, that each distinct interest should be represented by persons,...

...Dollars, and the United States are Plaintiffs or Petitioners; or an Alien is a party, or the suit is between a Citizen of the State 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...

...dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State 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...

...of Virginia, the plaintiff of the District of Columbia. The Judiciary Act provided jurisdiction over suits "between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought [here Virginia], and a citizen of another State."137 The circuit court certified the question of jurisdiction...

...the forum state. See Judiciary Act of 1789, S 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 A/ In fact, an early draft of Section...

...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 ....

...dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State 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...

...Judiciary Act of 1789 gave federal courts jurisdiction to hear cases where "the suit is between the citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State." 1 Slat. 73, 78. It was unclear whether Congress intended for the Judiciary Act to apply to...