The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in "all cases affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a
State shall be a party." Original jurisdiction means that these cases
may be begun in the Supreme Court. Other cases are brought to the
Supreme Court from the inferior United States courts or from the
supreme courts of the States and Territories by appeal. In such cases
the Supreme Court is said to have appellate jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction of the Inferior Courts.--It is difficult in brief
space to define minutely the province of each court The following
accounts, therefore, give only a general description:--
The circuit courts of appeals are given final jurisdiction in
certain cases appealed to them from the district courts, such as
those arising under the patent, revenue, and criminal laws, as well
as admiralty and other cases in which the opposing parties to a
suit are an alien and a citizen, or are citizens of different
States.
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