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Charles Sumner: “They also have civil jurisdiction in other cases which do not depend upon citizenship.”

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They also have civil jurisdiction in other cases which do not depend upon citizenship.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner emphasizes that U.S. courts have civil jurisdiction in cases not dependent on citizenship status.

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