New York v. Connecticut

New York v. Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
Original jurisdiction Decided August 9, 1799
Full case name	The State of New-York v. The State of Connecticut, et al.
Citations	4 U.S. 1 (more) 4 Dall. 1; 1 L. Ed. 715; 1799 U.S. LEXIS 243
Claim	New York moved to enjoin ejectment proceedings pending in a U.S. Circuit Court involving land over which New York and Connecticut claimed jurisdiction.
Case history
Procedural	Injunction denied, 4 U.S. 1 (1799) (Ellsworth, C.J.)
Outcome
The State of New York was not a party to the ejectment action and had no interest at stake since the Circuit Court lacked the power to determine its claim of rights over the disputed lands. Injunction denied.
Court membership
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth Associate Justices William Cushing · James Iredell William Paterson · Samuel Chase Bushrod Washington
Case opinion
Majority	Ellsworth, joined by Paterson, Chase, Washington
Cushing and Iredell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

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New York v. Connecticut, 4 U.S. (4 Dall.) 1 (1799), was a lawsuit heard by the Supreme Court of the United States between the State of New York against the State of Connecticut in 1799 that arose from a land dispute between private parties. The case was the first case in which the Supreme Court exercised its original jurisdiction under Article III of the United States Constitution to hear controversies between two states.