T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶59

Original jurisdiction is “[a] court’s power to hear and decide a matter before any other court can review the matter.” Black’s Law Dictionary 856 (7th ed. 1999). In a typical original case, a plaintiff sues a defendant. The plaintiff complains of an injury that the defendant’s allegedly illegal conduct caused and “seeks a remedy that runs against the defendant.” Reed, 598 U. S., at 243 (opinion of THOMAS, J.). The case is “original” inasmuch as there is no earlier proceeding in which another court had already “determine[d] that defendant’s duties or liabilities (e.g., a judgment for money damages or an injunction).” Ibid.

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