In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. The Original Jurisdiction ...

A group of Republican-led states sought to block lawsuits brought by a group of Democratic-led states that seek to hold ...

argues that Congress’s statutory mandate that the “Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies between two or more States” requires the Court to allow ...

The climate suits are among more than two dozen that collectively seek billions of dollars from Exxon Mobil Corp., BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and other oil companies.

In a ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court declined a request by Republican-led states to block lawsuits filed by a coalition ...

which is shaped after Article III Section 2 of that of the United States and which reads that the Supreme Court shall have “original jurisdiction” (i.e. not on appeal) “in all matters ...