Ames v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston

Ames v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 21, 1884
Full case nameAmes v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston
Citations111 U.S. 449 (more)
Holding
Congress may grant inferior courts concurrent jurisdiction over issues where the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction as long as the issue is not required by the Constitution to be filed directly in the Supreme Court.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Morrison Waite
Associate Justices
Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field
Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan
William B. Woods · Stanley Matthews
Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
Case opinion
MajorityWaite, joined by unanimous

Ames v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston, 111 U.S. 449 (1884), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Congress may grant inferior courts concurrent jurisdiction over issues where the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction as long as the issue is not required by the Constitution to be filed directly in the Supreme Court.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ames v. Kansas ex rel. Johnston, 111 U.S. 449 (1884).
  2. ^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Original Jurisdiction". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 337.


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