Suits between States
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New York v. Connecticut , 4 U.S. 1 (1799) (injunction denied)
New Jersey v. New York , 28 U.S. 461 (1830) (motion to compel granted); 30 U.S. 284 (1831) (order permitting ex parte prosecution); 31 U.S. 323 (1832) (setting argument for demurrer)
Rhode Island v. Massachusetts , 32 U.S. 651 (1833); 36 U.S. 226 (1837); 37 U.S. 657 (1838); 37 U.S. 755 (1838); 38 U.S. 23 (1839); 39 U.S. 210 (1840); 40 U.S. 233 (1841); 45 U.S. 591 (1846)
Missouri v. Iowa , 48 U.S. 660 (1849); 51 U.S. 1 (1851); 160 U.S. 688 (1896); 165 U.S. 118 (1897)
Alabama v. Georgia , 64 U.S. 505 (1860)
Kentucky v. Dennison , 65 U.S. 66 (1860) (gov'r of Ohio)
Virginia v. West Virginia , 78 U.S. 39 (1871)
Missouri v. Kentucky , 78 U.S. 395 (1871)
Wisconsin v. Duluth , 96 U.S. 379 (1877) (Duluth, MN)
South Carolina v. Georgia , 93 U.S. 4 (1876)
Indiana v. Kentucky , 136 U.S. 479 (1890); 159 U.S. 275 (1895); 163 U.S. 520 (1896); 167 U.S. 270 (1897)
Nebraska v. Iowa , 143 U.S. 359 (1892); 145 U.S. 519 (1892)
Iowa v. Illinois , 147 U.S. 1 (1893); 151 U.S. 238 (1894); 202 U.S. 59 (1906)
Virginia v. Tennessee , 148 U.S. 503 (1893); 158 U.S. 267 (1895); 177 U.S. 501 (1900)
Louisiana v. Texas , 176 U.S. 1 (1900)
Missouri v. Illinois , 180 U.S. 208 (1901); 200 U.S. 496 (1906)
Kansas v. Colorado , 185 U.S. 125 (1902)
Tennessee v. Virginia , 190 U.S. 64 (1903)
South Dakota v. North Carolina , 192 U.S. 286 (1904)
Missouri v. Nebraska , 196 U.S. 23 (1904); 197 U.S. 577 (1905)
Louisiana v. Mississippi , 202 U.S. 1 (1906); 202 U.S. 58 (1906)
Kansas v. Colorado , 206 U.S. 46 (1907)
Virginia v. West Virginia , 206 U.S. 290 (1907); 209 U.S. 514 (1908); 231 U.S. 89 (1913); 234 U.S. 117 (1914); 238 U.S. 202 (1915); 241 U.S. 531 (1916); 246 U.S. 565 (1918)
Washington v. Oregon , 211 U.S. 127 (1908)
Missouri v. Kansas , 213 U.S. 78 (1909)
Washington v. Oregon , 214 U.S. 205 (1909)
Maryland v. West Virginia , 217 U.S. 1 (1910); 217 U.S. 577 (1910); 222 U.S. 17 (1911); 225 U.S. 1 (1912)
North Carolina v. Tennessee , 235 U.S. 1 (1914); 240 U.S. 652 (1916)
Wyoming v. Colorado , 243 U.S. 622 (1917)
Arkansas v. Tennessee , 246 U.S. 158 (1918); 247 U.S. 461 (1918)
New York v. New Jersey , 249 U.S. 202 (1919)
Arkansas v. Mississippi , 250 U.S. 39 (1919); 252 U.S. 344 (1920); 256 U.S. 28 (1921)
Minnesota v. Wisconsin , 252 U.S. 273 (1920); 254 U.S. 14 (1920); 258 U.S. 149 (1922)
Oklahoma v. Texas , 252 U.S. 372 (1920); 253 U.S. 465 (1920); 254 U.S. 280 (1920); 254 U.S. 603 (1921); 256 U.S. 602 (1921); 257 U.S. 308 (1921); 258 U.S. 574 (1922); 259 U.S. 565 (1922); 261 U.S. 340 (1923); 262 U.S. 505 (1923); 262 U.S. 724 (1923); 264 U.S. 565 (1924); 265 U.S. 76 (1924); 265 U.S. 490 (1924); 265 U.S. 493 (1924); 265 U.S. 500 (1924); 265 U.S. 505 (1924); 265 U.S. 513 (1924); 266 U.S. 298 (1924); 266 U.S. 303 (1924); 266 U.S. 546 (1925); 267 U.S. 7 (1925); 267 U.S. 452 (1925); 268 U.S. 252 (1925); 268 U.S. 472 (1925); 272 U.S. 21 (1926); 269 U.S. 314 (1926); 273 U.S. 93 (1927); 281 U.S. 109 (1930)
Pennsylvania v. West Virginia , 252 U.S. 563 (1920)
North Dakota v. Minnesota , 256 U.S. 220 (1921)
Georgia v. South Carolina , 257 U.S. 516 (1922); 259 U.S. 572 (1922)
Wyoming v. Colorado , 259 U.S. 419 (1922); 259 U.S. 496 (1922); 260 U.S. 1 (1922)
Pennsylvania v. West Virginia , 262 U.S. 553 (1923); 262 U.S. 623 (1923); 263 U.S. 350 (1923)
North Dakota v. Minnesota , 263 U.S. 365 (1923); 263 U.S. 583 (1924)
New Mexico v. Colorado , 267 U.S. 30 (1925)
Arkansas v. Tennessee , 269 U.S. 152 (1925); 271 U.S. 629 (1926)
Michigan v. Wisconsin , 270 U.S. 295 (1926)
Massachusetts v. New York , 271 U.S. 65 (1926); 271 U.S. 636 (1926)
Michigan v. Wisconsin , 272 U.S. 398 (1926)
New York v. Illinois , 274 U.S. 488 (1927)
New Mexico v. Texas , 275 U.S. 279 (1927); 276 U.S. 557 (1928)
Wisconsin v. Illinois , 278 U.S. 367 (1929); 281 U.S. 179 (1930)
Kentucky v. Indiana , 281 U.S. 163 (1930)
Louisiana v. Mississippi , 282 U.S. 458 (1931)
Connecticut v. Massachusetts , 282 U.S. 660 (1931)
New Jersey v. New York , 283 U.S. 336 (1931)
Arizona v. California , 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
Wyoming v. Colorado , 286 U.S. 494 (1932)
Wisconsin v. Illinois , 289 U.S. 395 (1933)
Vermont v. New Hampshire , 289 U.S. 593 (1933); 290 U.S. 579 (1934)
Alabama v. Arizona , 291 U.S. 286 (1934)
Arizona v. California , 292 U.S. 341 (1934)
New Jersey v. Delaware , 291 U.S. 361 (1934)
Nebraska v. Wyoming , 295 U.S. 40 (1935)
Wisconsin v. Michigan , 295 U.S. 455 (1935)
New Jersey v. Delaware , 295 U.S. 694 (1935)
Washington v. Oregon , 297 U.S. 517 (1936)
Wisconsin v. Michigan , 297 U.S. 547 (1936)
Arizona v. California , 298 U.S. 558 (1936)
Wyoming v. Colorado , 298 U.S. 573 (1936)
Texas v. Florida , 307 U.S. 398 (1939)
Massachusetts v. Missouri , 308 U.S. 1 (1939)
Wisconsin v. Illinois , 309 U.S. 569 (1940) (per curiam)
Wyoming v. Colorado , 309 U.S. 572 (1940)
Arkansas v. Tennessee , 311 U.S. 1 (1940)
Wisconsin v. Illinois , 311 U.S. 107 (1940)
Colorado v. Kansas , 320 U.S. 383 (1943)
Kansas v. Missouri , 322 U.S. 213 (1944); 322 U.S. 654 (1944)
Nebraska v. Wyoming , 325 U.S. 589 (1945)
New Jersey v. New York , 345 U.S. 369 (1953)
Arkansas v. Texas , 346 U.S. 368 (1953)
Alabama v. Texas , 347 U.S. 272 (1954)
Mississippi v. Louisiana , 350 U.S. 5 (1955)
Arizona v. California , 350 U.S. 114 (1955); 373 U.S. 546 (1963); 383 U.S. 268 (1966); 460 U.S. 605 (1983); 530 U.S. 392 (2000); 531 U.S. 1 (2000)
Virginia v. Maryland , 355 U.S. 269 (1957) (per curiam)
California v. Washington , 358 U.S. 64 (1958) (per curiam)
Illinois v. Michigan , 360 U.S. 712 (1959) (per curiam)
New Mexico v. Colorado , 364 U.S. 296 (1960) (per curiam)
Texas v. New Jersey , 380 U.S. 518 (1965)
Louisiana v. Mississippi , 384 U.S. 24 (1966) (per curiam)
Washington v. Texas , 388 U.S. 14 (1967)
Wisconsin v. Illinois , 388 U.S. 426 (1967)
Arkansas v. Tennessee , 397 U.S. 88 (1970) (per curiam)
Illinois v. Missouri , 399 U.S. 146 (1970)
Vermont v. New York , 406 U.S. 186 (1972) (per curiam)
Nebraska v. Iowa , 406 U.S. 117 (1972)
Pennsylvania v. New York , 407 U.S. 206 (1972); 407 U.S. 223 (1972)
Illinois v. Michigan , 409 U.S. 36 (1972)
Ohio v. Kentucky , 410 U.S. 641 (1973)
Michigan v. Ohio , 410 U.S. 420 (1973) (per curiam)
Texas v. Louisiana , 410 U.S. 702 (1973)
Mississippi v. Arkansas , 415 U.S. 289 (1974); 415 U.S. 302 (1974)
Vermont v. New York , 417 U.S. 270 (1974) (per curiam)
Mississippi v. Arkansas , 419 U.S. 375 (1974)
Arizona v. New Mexico , 425 U.S. 794 (1976) (per curiam)
New Hampshire v. Maine , 426 U.S. 363 (1976); 434 U.S. 1 (1977) (per curiam)
Texas v. Louisiana , 426 U.S. 465 (1976) (per curiam); 431 U.S. 161 (1977) (per curiam)
Pennsylvania v. New Jersey , 426 U.S. 660 (1976) (per curiam)
Idaho ex rel. Evans v. Oregon , 431 U.S. 952 (1977); 444 U.S. 380 (1980); 459 U.S. 811 (1982); 462 U.S. 1017 (1983)
California v. Texas , 437 U.S. 601 (1978) (per curiam); 457 U.S. 164 (1982) (per curiam)
California v. Arizona , 440 U.S. 59 (1979); 452 U.S. 431 (1981)
Ohio v. Kentucky , 444 U.S. 335 (1980)
Texas v. New Mexico , 446 U.S. 540 (1980) (per curiam); 462 U.S. 554 (1983); 485 U.S. 388 (1988) (per curiam); 494 U.S. 111 (1990)
California v. Nevada , 447 U.S. 125 (1980); 456 U.S. 867 (1982)
Wisconsin v. Illinois , 449 U.S. 48 (1980) (per curiam)
Maryland v. Louisiana , 451 U.S. 725 (1981); 452 U.S. 456 (1981)
Tennessee v. Arkansas , 454 U.S. 351 (1981)
Texas v. Oklahoma , 457 U.S. 172 (1982)
Colorado v. New Mexico , 459 U.S. 176 (1982)
Louisiana v. Mississippi , 466 U.S. 96 (1984)
Arkansas v. Mississippi , 471 U.S. 377 (1985)
Ohio v. Kentucky , 471 U.S. 153 (1985)
Oklahoma v. Arkansas , 473 U.S. 610 (1985)
Kentucky v. Indiana , 474 U.S. 1 (1985)
Georgia v. South Carolina , 497 U.S. 376 (1990)
Illinois v. Kentucky , 500 U.S. 380 (1991)
Oklahoma v. New Mexico , 501 U.S. 221 (1991); 510 U.S. 126 (1993)
Wyoming v. Oklahoma , 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
Arkansas v. Oklahoma , 503 U.S. 91 (1992)
Mississippi v. Louisiana , 506 U.S. 73 (1992)
Delaware v. New York , 507 U.S. 490 (1993)
Nebraska v. Wyoming , 507 U.S. 584 (1993); 515 U.S. 1 (1995); 534 U.S. 40 (2001) (decree entered)
Illinois v. Kentucky , 513 U.S. 177 (1995)
Kansas v. Colorado , 514 U.S. 673 (1995); 533 U.S. 1 (2001); 543 U.S. 86 (2004)
Louisiana v. Mississippi , 516 U.S. 122 (1995)
New Jersey v. New York , 523 U.S. 767 (1998); 526 U.S. 589 (1999)
New Hampshire v. Maine , 532 U.S. 742 (2001)
Kansas v. Nebraska , 538 U.S. 720 (2003) (settlement approved)
Virginia v. Maryland , 540 U.S. 56 (2003)
Suits brought by the United States against States
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United States v. North Carolina , 136 U.S. 211 (1890) (judgment for North Carolina)
United States v. Texas , 143 U.S. 621 (1892) (State's demurrer overruled); 162 U.S. 1 (1896) (judgment for United States)
United States v. Minnesota , 270 U.S. 181 (1926)
United States v. Oregon , 295 U.S. 1 (1935); 295 U.S. 701 (1935)
United States v. Arizona , 295 U.S. 174 (1935)
United States v. West Virginia , 295 U.S. 463 (1935) (complaint dismissed for lack of a case or controversy)
United States v. Alabama , 313 U.S. 274 (1941)
United States v. Wyoming , 331 U.S. 440 (1947)
United States v. California , 332 U.S. 19 1947)
United States v. Louisiana , 339 U.S. 699 (1950)
United States v. Texas , 339 U.S. 707 (1950)
United States v. Louisiana , 354 U.S. 515 (1957)
United States v. Alabama , 362 U.S. 602 (1960) (per curiam)
United States v. Louisiana , 363 U.S. 1 (1960)
United States v. Florida , 363 U.S. 121 (1960)
United States v. Louisiana , 364 U.S. 502 (1960)
United States v. Mississippi , 380 U.S. 128 (1965)
United States v. California , 381 U.S. 139 (1965)
United States v. California , 382 U.S. 448 (1966) (per curiam)
United States v. Ohio , 385 U.S. 9 (1966) (per curiam)
United States v. Louisiana , 389 U.S. 155 (1967)
United States v. Louisiana , 394 U.S. 1 (1969)
United States v. Louisiana , 394 U.S. 11 (1969)
United States v. Louisiana , 394 U.S. 836 (1969)
United States v. Louisiana , 404 U.S. 388 (1971)
United States v. Louisiana , 409 U.S. 17 (1972)
United States v. Nevada , 412 U.S. 534 (1973) (per curiam)
United States v. Maine , 420 U.S. 515 (1975)
United States v. Louisiana , 420 U.S. 529 (1975) (per curiam)
United States v. Florida , 420 U.S. 531 (1975) (per curiam)
United States v. Louisiana , 422 U.S. 13 (1975)
United States v. Alaska , 422 U.S. 184 (1975)
United States v. Florida , 425 U.S. 791 (1976)
United States v. Florida , 430 U.S. 140 (1977) (per curiam)
United States v. Washington , 431 U.S. 181 (1977)
United States v. California , 432 U.S. 40 (1977)
United States v. California , 436 U.S. 32 (1978)
United States v. New Mexico , 438 U.S. 696 (1978)
United States v. California , 439 U.S. 30 (1978)
United States v. Louisiana , 446 U.S. 253 (1980)
United States v. California , 447 U.S. 1 (1980)
United States v. California , 449 U.S. 408 (1981) (per curiam)
United States v. Maine , 452 U.S. 429 (1981)
United States v. Louisiana , 452 U.S. 726 (1981)
United States v. New Mexico , 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
United States v. Maine , 469 U.S. 504 (1985)
United States v. Louisiana , 470 U.S. 93 (1985)
United States v. Maine , 471 U.S. 375 (1985)
United States v. Maine , 475 U.S. 89 (1986)
United States v. Louisiana , 485 U.S. 88 (1988)
United States v. Louisiana , 498 U.S. 9 (1990)
United States v. West Virginia , 295 U.S. 463 (1935)
United States v. Alaska , 503 U.S. 569 (1992)
United States v. Louisiana , 507 U.S. 7 (1993)
United States v. Texas , 507 U.S. 529 (1993)
United States v. California , 507 U.S. 746 (1993)
United States v. Maine , 516 U.S. 365 (1996)
United States v. Alaska , 521 U.S. 1 (1997)
United States v. Louisiana , 525 U.S. 1 (1998)
United States v. Alaska , 530 U.S. 1021 (2000)
Suits brought by States against the United States
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Georgia v. Stanton , 73 U.S. 50 (1867)
Indiana v. United States , 148 U.S. 148 (1893)
Minnesota v. Hitchcock , 185 U.S. 373 (1902) (sec'y of interior; judgment for defendant)
South Carolina v. United States , 199 U.S. 437 (1905)
Kansas v. United States , 204 U.S. 331 (1907)
Wyoming v. United States , 255 U.S. 489 (1921)
New York v. New Jersey , 256 U.S. 296 (1921)
New York v. United States , 257 U.S. 591 (1922)
Texas v. Interstate Commerce Com. , 258 U.S. 158 (1922) (dismissed)
Massachusetts v. Mellon , 262 U.S. 447 (1923) (sec'y of treasury; dismissed for want of controversy)
Alabama v. United States , 279 U.S. 229 (1929)
Florida v. United States , 282 U.S. 194 (1931)
Alabama v. United States , 283 U.S. 776 (1931)
Florida v. United States , 292 U.S. 1 (1934)
Ohio v. United States , 292 U.S. 498 (1934)
Texas v. United States , 292 U.S. 522 (1934)
Minnesota v. United States , 305 U.S. 382 (1939)
Michigan v. United States , 317 U.S. 338 (1943)
California v. United States , 320 U.S. 577 (1944)
North Carolina v. United States , 325 U.S. 507 (1945)
Alabama v. United States , 325 U.S. 535 (1945)
New York v. United States , 326 U.S. 572 (1946)
New York v. United States , 331 U.S. 284 (1947)
Washington v. United States , 357 U.S. 348 (1958) (per curiam)
New Jersey v. United States , 359 U.S. 27 (1959) (per curiam)
Illinois v. United States , 373 U.S. 378 (1963) (per curiam)
Alabama v. United States , 373 U.S. 545 (1963) (per curiam)
Louisiana v. United States , 380 U.S. 145 (1965)
New York v. United States , 386 U.S. 349 (1967) (per curiam)
Louisiana v. United States , 386 U.S. 270 (1967) (per curiam)
Utah v. United States , 394 U.S. 89 (1969) (per curiam)
New York v. United States , 396 U.S. 281 (1970) (per curiam)
Utah v. United States , 403 U.S. 9 (1971)
Utah v. United States , 406 U.S. 484 (1972)
Georgia v. United States , 411 U.S. 526 (1973)
Utah v. United States , 420 U.S. 304 (1975) (per curiam)
Utah v. United States , 427 U.S. 461 (1976)
Massachusetts v. United States , 435 U.S. 444 (1978)
California v. United States , 438 U.S. 645 (1978)
Montana v. United States , 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
Montana v. United States , 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
North Dakota v. United States , 460 U.S. 300 (1983)
Washington v. United States , 460 U.S. 536 (1983)
Nevada v. United States , 463 U.S. 110 (1983)
West Virginia v. United States , 479 U.S. 305 (1987)
South Carolina v. Regan , 465 U.S. 367 (1984) (sec'y treasury named plaintiff)
California v. United States , 490 U.S. 920 (1989) (per curiam)
Wyoming v. United States , 492 U.S. 406 (1989) (per curiam)
North Dakota v. United States , 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
Mississippi v. United States , 498 U.S. 16 (1990)
Texas v. United States , 523 U.S. 296 (1998)
Idaho v. United States , 533 U.S. 262 (2001)
Alaska v. United States , 545 U.S. 75 (2005); decree entered, 1-23-06
Suits brought by States against citizens of other States
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Suits brought by private individuals against States
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Suits in which the Court rejected original jurisdiction
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Marbury v. Madison , 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia , 30 U.S. 1 (1831)
Ex parte Barry , 43 U.S. 65 (1844)
California v. Southern Pacific Co. , 153 U.S. 239 (1894) (per curiam order for filing and taking of testimony); 157 U.S. 229 (1895) (dismissed for failure to join indispensible parties, who could not be joined without destroying Court's original jurisdiction)
Wisconsin v. Pelican Ins. Co. , 127 U.S. 265 (1888)
Minnesota v. Northern Sec. Co. , 184 U.S. 199 (1902) (dismissed for failure to join indispensible parties, who could not be joined without destroying Court's original jurisdiction)
Kansas v. United States , 204 U.S. 331 (1902)
Oklahoma v. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. , 220 U.S. 277 (1911)
Louisiana v. McAdoo , 234 U.S. 627 (1914) (sec'y of treasury)
North Dakota ex rel. Lemke v. Chicago & N. R. Co. , 257 U.S. 485 (1922)
Ex parte Gruber , 269 U.S. 302 (1925)
Breard v Greene , 523 U.S. 371 (1998)
F.R.G. v United States , 526 U.S. 111 (1999)