575
Proceedings in rem 575
Absence of a jury 576
Territorial extent of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction 576
Admiralty jurisdiction versus State power 578
Exclusive of admiralty jurisdiction 578
Concessions to State power 579
The Jensen case and its sequelae 580
Power of Congress to modify maritime law; the
"Lottawanna" 582
Cases to which the United States is a party; right of
United States to sue 584
Suits against States 584
Immunity of United States from suit 585
Waiver of immunity by Congress 586
United States _v._ Lee 587
Difficulties created by the Lee case 588
Official immunity today 589
Classification of suits against officers 590
Suits against government corporations 590
Suits between two or more States 591
Boundary disputes; the law applied 591
Modern types of suits between States 592
Cases in which the Court has declined jurisdiction 594
Problem of enforcement; Virginia _v._ West Virginia 595
Controversies between a State and citizens of another State 596
Nonjusticiable controversies 596
Jurisdiction confined to civil cases 597
Suits by a State as parens patriae; jurisdiction declined 597
Suits by a State as parens patriae; jurisdiction accepted 598
Georgia _v._ Pennsylvania Railroad 598
Controversies between citizens of different States 599
The meaning of "State," Hepburn _v._ Ellzey 599
Extension of jurisdiction by act of 1940 600
Citizenship, natural persons 600
Citizenship, corporations 601
Black and White Taxicab case