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To: Gahanna Bob

SCOTUS has exclusive original jurisdiction for state v state complaints. This means that the plaintiff *has* to bring it to SCOTUS because there is no possible alternative venue. So... if they do not agree that this is indeed a state v state complaint, and that there is no other possible venue, then they may accept it. Otherwise, it will get punted to a lower court to deal with it. This does not mean they think it is bogus, just that they are not the right venue.


12 posted on 12/11/2020 6:23:01 AM PST by tarpit
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To: tarpit
For clarity: So... if they do not agree that this is indeed a state v state complaint it will get punted. They could do so with a single sentence: Case is denied.

Again though, it means nothing about the merits. It simply would mean Texas filed the case with the wrong court. We shall see.

14 posted on 12/11/2020 6:25:53 AM PST by tarpit
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