{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-1251","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 1251","heading":"Original jurisdiction","body":"(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.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 81—SUPREME COURT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"41df78d091810a89b5b3bdd054b7327281be5fe3cc0cf096e19d1df8d7cd0742","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-998","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-1252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}