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Which would most likely fall under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

a case involving the laws of a single state
a case between two companies
a case appealed from a lower court
a case between two states

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A case between two states.

The Constitution gives the Supreme Court original jurisdiction in cases in which a state is a party (and certain cases involving ambassadors), while most other matters come to the Court on appeal.