In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U. S. 394 ( 1886 ), the reporter noted in the headnote to the opinion that the Chief Justice began oral argument by stating, " The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations.

The Galveston Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the first federal court in Texas, is based in Galveston and has jurisdiction over the counties of Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers and Matagorda.

In addition, during the supervised release, she was required to receive permission from federal officials if she was going to leave the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad is sometimes cited for this finding because the court reporter's comments included a statement the Chief Justice made before oral arguments began, telling the attorneys during pre-trial that " the court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations.

The territory under the jurisdiction of the Thirteen Colonies at the time of independence did not adopt the PLSS, with the exception of the area that became the Northwest Territory and some of the Southern states.

" " On bill after bill that proposed federal expenditures, Powell would offer ' our customary amendment ,' requiring that federal funds be denied to any jurisdiction that maintained segregation ; Liberals would be embarrassed, Southern politicians angered.

) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following Southern districts:

In addition to administering day-to-day affairs there she was named Southern Regional Minister, giving her jurisdiction over Nation of Islam mosque activity in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee.

* Disputes in the Balkans, Southern Italy, and Sicily over whether Rome or Constantinople had ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

The U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U. S. Attorney.

The Act did not give a name to that Parliament but said that in matters within the jurisdiction of the Provisional Government ( i. e. only certain matters concerning Southern Ireland ), it would have power to make laws in like manner as the Parliament of the Irish Free State when constituted.

The Southern District is one of the most influential and active federal district courts in the United States, largely because of its jurisdiction over New York's major financial centers.

Flint Island is an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands under the jurisdiction of Kiribati.

The court's territorial jurisdiction includes the Counties of Kings ( Brooklyn ), Queens, Richmond ( Staten Island ), Nassau, and Suffolk as well as, concurrently with the Southern District of New York, the waters of New York and Bronx counties ( including New York Harbor and the East River ).

: In addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a District Court of the United States, with which the Southern District Court of New York has been invested, the said Courts be and hereby are invested respectively within the limits of its district with the exercise of concurrent jurisdiction and power in all civil cases now exercised by the Circuit Courts of the United States ; and that in all cases where said Courts shall exercise such jurisdiction, appeals may be taken from the judgments, orders or decrees of said Courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.

: In addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a District Court of the United States, with which the Southern District Court of New York has been invested, the said Courts be and hereby are invested respectively within the limits of its district with the exercise of concurrent jurisdiction and power in all civil cases now exercised by the Circuit Courts of the United States ; and that in all cases where said Courts shall exercise such jurisdiction, appeals may be taken from the judgments, orders or decrees of said Courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The military organization ( referred to as the Southern Cross Army ) is under the jurisdiction of its prime minister.

As one of the original drafters of the Fourteenth Amendment, he claimed in a case which reached the Supreme Court, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U. S. 394 ( 1886 ), that the phrase " nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws " meant the drafters wanted corporations to be included, because they used the word " person " and cited his personal diary from the period.

The township falls within the jurisdiction of the Ontario Provincial Police and is policed by members of the Southern Georgian Bay detachment.

Towards the beginning of the 16th century, the Ohrid Archbishopric expanded its jurisdiction even over territories in Southern Italy, as well as in Dalmatia.

If this seems arbitrary, its effect was to treat citizens of the District of Columbia equally with citizens of the states -- at the expense of expanding a troublesome jurisdiction.

However, the Attorney General of California, at the request of the Secretary of Labor, sought to have the jurisdiction over the issue removed to the Federal District Court, on grounds that it was predominantly a Federal issue since the validity of the Secretary's Regulation was being challenged.

* 1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D. C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Congress.

The Sheriff of Nottingham also had jurisdiction in Derbyshire that was known as the " Shire of the Deer ", and this is where the Royal Forest of the Peak is found, which roughly corresponds to today's Peak District National Park.

Similarly, several courts in the District of Columbia, which is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress, are Article I courts rather than Article III courts.

** Under the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D. C., a new planned city and capital of the United States, was placed under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Congress.

The Reedy Creek Improvement District ( RCID ) is the immediate governing jurisdiction for the land of the Walt Disney World Resort.

Only nine U. S. states and the District of Columbia still permit this irregular form of marriage ; but common law marriages are otherwise valid and recognised by and in all jurisdictions whose rules of comity mandate the recognition of any marriage that was legally formed in the jurisdiction where it was contracted.

Therefore, Federal courts only have jurisdiction to apply the Act to conduct that restrains or substantially affects either interstate commerce or trade within the District of Columbia.

The city of Tigard falls mostly under the jurisdiction of the Tigard-Tualatin School District, however some of the northwestern most part of the city falls under the jurisdiction of the Beaverton School District.

Section 5 of the Act requires that the United States Department of Justice, through an administrative procedure, or a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, through a declaratory judgment action " preclear " any attempt to change “ any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting ..." in any " covered jurisdiction.

A covered jurisdiction that seeks to obtain Section 5 Preclearance, either from the United States Attorney General or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, must demonstrate that a proposed voting change does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of discriminating based on race or color.

In order to bail out, a covered jurisdiction needs to obtain a declaratory judgment from the District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Justices delayed taking action on Roe and a closely related case, Doe v. Bolton, until they decided Younger v. Harris, as they felt that the appeals raised difficult questions on judicial jurisdiction, and United States v. Vuitch, where they considered the constitutionality of a District of Columbia statute that criminalized abortion except where the mother's life or health was endangered.

District courts in three insular areas — the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — exercise the same jurisdiction as Article III U. S. district courts.

In the United States, the US Congress is not only the national legislature, but also is the States Rights Legislature on US Military Bases in the US and the District of Columbia ( under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the US Constitution ), replacing the State Legislature when State Legislature jurisdiction is transferred to the Federal Government.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma is the federal district court with jurisdiction in Le Flore County.

While neither Tazewell nor Woodford counties consider Peoria Heights to be within their jurisdiction, the state of Illinois does show that across Peoria Lake from the rest of the village, a small, uninhabited area exists both within Peoria Heights and Woodford County.

In still other states, such as Illinois, the state court of last resort has original jurisdiction in mandamus actions.

A study in the State of Illinois ( a right-driving jurisdiction ) concluded that allowing drivers to proceed straight on red after stopping, at specially posted T-intersections where the intersecting road went left only, was dangerous.

Nauvoo's charter granted the city council powers equal to the Illinois legislature within the jurisdiction of Nauvoo.

Brigham Young, seeking to leave American jurisdiction to escape religious persecution in Illinois and Missouri, led the Mormons to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, owned at the time by Mexico but not controlled by them.

The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

In 1939, he petitioned Franklin Lodge # 25 in Alton, Illinois, and by late November of that year was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Illinois A. F & A. M. Wadlow's Freemason ring was the largest ever made.

The Chicago Fire Department, also known as the CFD, is the principal fire suppression, prevention, and rescue agency of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ( in case citations, N. D. Ill .) is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.

In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat.

In 1837, Congress placed the District of Illinois within the newly created Seventh Circuit, and the district court resumed its normal jurisdiction, 5 Stat.

In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois,.

Spamhaus initially hired an American law firm, which had the case moved from the state court to the U. S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, but then ( on the advice of its British lawyers ) objected to the lawsuit altogether on the grounds that Spamhaus, being based in the United Kingdom, was outside the jurisdiction of United States courts.

Operation Greylord was an investigation conducted jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, the U. S. Postal Inspection Service, the Chicago Police Internal Affairs Division and the Illinois State Police into corruption in the judiciary of Cook County, Illinois ( the Chicago jurisdiction ).

Local 150, based in Countryside, Illinois, is the third-largest local in the International ( 23, 000 + Members ) with jurisdiction in parts of three states: Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.

" Although junior colleges were under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of public instruction at this time, the enabling legislation for the Illinois Board of Higher Education charged the board, in developing " a master plan of higher education " to " give consideration to the problems and attitudes of junior colleges ... as they relate to the overall policies and problems of higher education.

The act removed the junior colleges from the common school system and placed them under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.