IN RE MASSACHUSETTS

No. 15.

197 U.S. 482 (1905)

In re COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, PETITIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert Parker, Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts, and Mr. Frederick H. Nash for petitioner.

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. John D. Flannery, with whom Mr. William Hitz and Mr. William Frye White were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This court has no original jurisdiction over this controversy, in any view, because it is not a controversy between a State and a citizen of another State. Hepburn v. Ellzey, 2 Cranch, 445; Hooe v. Jamieson, 166 U.S. 395. And it has not appellate jurisdiction, because...

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