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exclusive legislation

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From 281 U.S. 647 - Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook · 1930Most cited · 474 citing opinions

exclusive legislation' is consistent only with exclusive jurisdiction; where lands are purchased by the United States with the consent of the state Legislature for purposes named in the constitutional provision, the jurisdiction theretofore residing in the state passes, in virtue of the constitutional provision, to the United States, thereby making the jurisdiction of the latter the sole jurisdiction