IN RE BAIZ

No. 11. Original.

135 U.S. 403 (1890)

10 S.Ct. 854

34 L.Ed. 222

IN RE BAIZ, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued April 1, 1890.

Decided May 5, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph H. Choate (with whom was Mr. Michael H. Cardozo) for the petitioner.

Mr. Robert D. Benedict opposing.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The judicial power of the United States extends to "all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls." Const. Art. III, sec. 2.

By section 687 of the Revised Statutes, it is provided that the Supreme Court "shall have exclusively all such jurisdiction of suits or proceedings against ambassadors, or other public ministers, or their domestics, or domestic servants, as a court of...

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