28 U.S.C. § 1251
§ 1251. Original jurisdiction
- (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.
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