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unusual facts about Original jurisdiction


Original jurisdiction

In India, the Supreme Court has exclusive original jurisdiction on all cases between the Government of India and the States of India or between Government of India and states on side and one or more states on other side or cases between different states.


Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland

The High Court is a court of first instance with general original jurisdiction, hearing the most important cases in civil law and criminal law (in the latter case sitting as the Central Criminal Court).


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Criminal law in the Marshall Court

One of the first statutes passed by the First Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1789, divided original jurisdiction for the trial of federal crimes between the district courts and the circuit courts.

Government of Dallas

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas, convenes in the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in the Government District of downtown.

Judiciary Act of 1789

A clause granting the Supreme Court the power to issue writs of mandamus outside its original jurisdiction was declared unconstitutional by Marbury v. Madison (1803) (5 U.S. 137), one of the seminal cases in American law.