Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe

Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe, 164 U.S. 105 (1896), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the circuit court's decision was valid due to the case's diversity jurisdiction. They dismissed the case because a Supreme Court petition must invoke the Constitution or the laws of the United States, and the common law copyright claim did neither.[1]

Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe
Supreme Court of the United States
Submitted October 19, 1896 Decided November 9, 1896
Full case name	Press Publishing Company v. Monroe
Citations	164 U.S. 105 (more) 17 S. Ct. 40; 41 L. Ed. 367
Holding
Due to diversity jurisdiction, the circuit court's decision was valid. Dismissed because a Supreme Court petition must invoke the Constitution or the laws of the United States, and a common law copyright claim does neither.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr. Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham