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All About Original Actions

The Supreme Court receives many types of documents each day for its review. Appeals to the Supreme Court alone encompass a lot of different types of briefs, including petitions, briefs in opposition, amicus curiae briefs, and reply and supplemental briefs, to name a few. Less frequently, but equally important, are original actions, which are governed [...]

Isn’t That Special? Special Masters and the Supreme Court

Mathew Planalp2019-03-18T18:47:28-05:00May 12th, 2015|Tags: original actions, special masters, Supreme Court, Supreme Court history|

The Constitution gives the Supreme Court "original jurisdiction" over several small but important categories of cases: Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; Cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; Controversies in which the United States is a party; Controversies between two or more states; Controversies between a state and citizens of another state; [...]