JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 58 Suits against a State in matters of federal jurisdiction
JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 58
Suits against a State in matters of federal jurisdiction Any person making any claim against a State, whether in contract
or in tort, in respect of a matter in which the High Court has original
jurisdiction or can have original jurisdiction conferred on it, may in respect
of the claim bring a suit against the State in the Supreme Court of the State,
or (if the High Court has original jurisdiction in the matter) in the High
Court.