State of South Dakota v. State of North Carolina’s Empirical Analysis

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68 federal appellate · 15 district · 13 state decisions

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1. “The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Kansas v. State of Colorado · Bell Atlantic Maryland, Inc. v. MCI Worldcom, Inc.

2. ““Hon. Charles II. Burke — Dear Sir: The undersigned, one of the members of the firm of Schafer Bros., has decided, after consultation with the other holders of the second-mortgage bonds issued by the state of North Carolina, to donate ten of these bonds to the state of South Dakota. The holders of these bonds have waited for some thirty years in the hope that the state of North Carolina would realize the justice of their claims for the payment of these bonds. The bonds are all now about due, besides, of' course, the coupons, which amount to some one hundred and seventy per cent, of the face of the bond. The holders of these bonds have been advised that they cannot maintain a suit against the state of North Carolina on these bonds, but that such a suit can be maintained by a foreign state or by one of the United States. The owners of these bonds are mostly, if not entirely, persons' who liberally give charity to the needy, the deserving and the unfortunate. These bonds can be used to great advantage by states or foreign governments; and the majority owners would prefer to use' them in this way rather than take the trifle which is of-' fered by the debtor. If your state should succeed in collecting these bonds, it would be the inclination of the owners of a majority of the total issue now outstanding to make additional donations to such governments as may be able to collect from the repudiating state, rather than accept the small pittance offered in settlement. The donors of th”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kreider v. Cole

3. ““It is well settled that a more colorable conveyance of property, for the purpose of vesting title in a non-resident and enabling him to bring suit in a federal court, will not confer jurisdiction; but if the conveyance appear to be a real transaction, the court will not, in deciding upon the question of jurisdiction, inquire into the motives which actuated the parties in making the conveyance.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kreider v. Cole