shoshone mining rutter argued march decided april heyburn lyttleton price appellant curtis lindley appellees justice brewer delivered opinion blackburn portland gold min sup decided january held suit brought support adverse claim revised statutes suit arising laws sense confer jurisdiction federal regardless citizenship parties case question presented elaborately argued counsel opinion announced importance well great ability argued counsel appellee induced careful question may ceded matter free doubt nevertheless examination led us change former views deem unnecessary restate reasons given opinion delivered yet matters may appropriately noticed constitution art judicial power extends cases law equity arising constitution laws controversies citizens different article cl congress given dispose make needful rules regulations respecting territory property belonging clauses congress might doubtless provide controversy judicial nature arising growing disposal public lands litigated courts question therefore one power congress intent constructed judicial system great bulk litigation respecting rights property although rights may inception go back law fact carried courts several provided federal courts shall exclusive jurisdiction admiralty patent litigation jurisdiction concurrent state courts suits arising constitution laws rev stat stat chap rev congress authorized familiarly known mining regions suit simply declared adverse claimant commence proceedings competent jurisdiction express language prescribe either federal state provide exclusive concurrent jurisdiction intended jurisdiction vested federal courts undoubtedly said intended new rule demarcation jurisdiction federal state courts apply likewise undoubtedly said leaving matter unquestionably meant competency determined rules theretofore prescribed respect jurisdiction federal courts view adverse suit citizens different value thing controversy exceeded virtue general provisions statutes federal courts might take jurisdiction suit one arising constitution laws amount controversy also federal courts might take jurisdiction conversely true amount controversy excess parties citizens different suit one arising constitution laws federal courts take jurisdiction present case diverse citizenship exist jurisdiction must therefore depend upon question whether suit one arising constitution laws pointed former opinion well settled suit enforce right takes origin laws necessarily one arising constitution laws within meaning jurisdiction clauses every action establish title real estate least newer one titles come virtue laws said chief justice waite little york water keyes ed suit must part least arise controversy parties regard operation effect constitution laws upon facts involved therefore circuit required retain cause jurisdiction must form appear upon record statement facts legal logical form required good pleading suit one substantially involves dispute controversy right depends upon construction effect constitution law treaty adverse suit rev stat determine question right possession right may may involve construction effect constitution law treaty revised statutes expressly provided right possession may determined customs rules miners several mining districts far applicable inconsistent laws statute limitations mining claims state territory may situated given case right possession may involve question constitution laws simply determination local rules customs state statutes even mere matter fact recognition congress local customs statutory provisions times controlling right possession incorporate body federal law section article constitution provides electors state members house representatives qualifications requisite electors numerous branch state legislature make statutes constitutional provisions various reference qualifications electors parts constitution laws august congress enacted stat chap intoxicating liquors transported state territory upon arrival state territory subject operation effect laws state territory rahrer sub nom wilkerson rahrer ed sup said attempted delegate power regulate commerce exercise power reserved grant power possessed adopt state laws miller swann ed sup appeared state alabama passed act containing provision said alabama chattanooga railroad company shall privilege right selling said lands part thereof accordance acts congress granting held question rights passed state acts congress authority railroad company statute state construction statute matter state determination thereof binding fact state statute mortgage refer certain acts congress prescribing rule measure rights granted state make determination rights federal question state may prescribe procedure federal courts rule practice tribunals may authorize disposal lands accordance provisions sale public lands cases examination may necessary acts congress rules federal courts practices land department yet questions decision federal character inquiry along federal lines incidental determination local question state required prescribed matter decided one state rule practice facts state rule practice determined may federal origin inasmuch therefore suit determine right possession may involve question construction effect constitution laws may present simply question fact time discovery mineral location claim ground determination meaning effect certain local rules customs prescribed miners district effect state statutes seem follow one necessarily arises constitution laws met suggestions first corporation created congress right invoke jurisdiction federal courts respect litigation may except specifically restricted act congress osborn bank wheat ed pacific railroad removal cases sub nom union myers ed sup argument chief justice marshall support briefly corporation powers incur obligations except authorized provided charter power act assumes liability obligation sought cast upon depend upon charter charter given one laws primary question extent meaning law words every act obligation first question whether act obligation within scope law congress matter must first determined suit corporation one involves construction terms charter words question arising law congress argument pertinent right contestants adverse suit seen always call construction act congress may depend solely local rules customs state statutes case involve dispute controversy depends upon construction effect constitution law treaty actions concerning mining claims parties agree proper rule construction applied mining laws controversies usually limited questions fact relating compliance laws cases federal courts original jurisdiction unless diversity citizenship cases arising revised statutes authority action found legislation congress without authority action purposes avowed statute maintained lindley mines statute authorizing action establish right different one creates right established action brought one may involve controversy scope effect statute case necessarily involves controversy thing decided extent right given statute said adverse suit one step administration laws respect mineral lands therefore must presumed congress intended step rightfully taken one courts suggestion open consideration congress determining adverse suit brought consider vital evident conceded fact unless amount controversy jurisdiction attaches federal words congress deem matter jurisdiction courts essential part administration land laws vest jurisdiction controversies left large major portion determined state courts evidently contemplated fact controversy right possession might appropriately decided state federal prescribing litigated left matter determined ordinary rules respect jurisdiction federal courts counsel also calls attention difference procedure disposal agricultural mineral lands respect former proceedings carried land department legal title passed patent inquiry permissible courts respect latter aid courts invoked issue patent order determine extent right thereto noticing distinction also notes fact contest respect validity patent agricultural lands litigated federal courts hence draws inference contest preliminary patent mineral lands involving right thereto must also one litigated courts think true inference difference procedure contrary respect agricultural lands settled questions fact determined land department issue patent questions law open consideration courts laws congress alone determine matter disposal public lands follows questions law thus open consideration arising acts congress hand heretofore shown adverse suits preliminary patent mineral lands merely tions law arising statutes questions fact questions arising local rules customs state statutes open consideration scope inquiry permissible two cases emphasizes fact latter case controversy may one arising constitution laws congress said congress cases prescribed specific rule limitation ordinarily different obtaining state statutes respect actions recovery possession authorized decrees peculiar form partly partly different parties also adversely stat chap richmond min rose ed sup perego dodge ed sup incidental matters decisive especially confessedly statute leaves jurisdiction cases matter controversy exceed value state courts fact shows conclusively congress intending carve new jurisdiction federal courts also doubt state courts carry effect enactments reference limitations procedure finally said congress confer jurisdiction state courts may decline entertain adverse suits congress compel met fact congress left controversies respect right possession exceeding value state courts evidently proceeded upon supposition rightful one express terms constitution article clause constitution laws shall made pursuance thereof shall law land judges every state shall bound thereby anything constitution laws state contrary notwithstanding courts national state decline carry effect acts congress whether state refuse act statutes matter one corrected error immaterial shall appear state courts decline entertain jurisdiction enforced upon congress may legislate evidently thus far cases many others reason suppose state decline enforce laws carry effect provisions well said justice miller iron silver min campbell ed sup purpose statute seems two claimants mine neither yet acquired title government shall bring respective claims property manner prescribed statute judicial tribunal located neighborhood property result judicial investigation shall govern action officers land department determining claimants shall patent final evidence title government every adverse suit taken federal courts obviously larger western litigation judicial tribunal located neighborhood property federal courts often held capital chief city state great distance certain parts mining regions therein conclude prior case although suits may sometimes present questions arising constitution laws federal courts jurisdiction yet mere fact suit adverse suit authorized statutes congress sufficient vest jurisdiction federal courts appears two cases circuit idaho consolidated trial consolidated case taken appeal circuit appeals two original cases docket circuit commenced appellees commenced appellant district first judicial district state idaho shoshone county appellees removed federal matters involved two cases similar hence consolidation circumstances view conclusion arrived order judgment circuit appeals ninth circuit reversed case remanded circuit northern division district idaho instructions reverse decree enter decree dismissing case order remanding case state justice white hear argument took part decision case justice mckenna dissents