T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶60

The Constitution vests the “judicial Power” in this Court and in the “inferior Courts” that Congress creates. Art. III, § 1. The jurisdiction of federal courts to exercise that judicial power is limited to “Cases” and “Controversies.” § 2, cl. 1. That jurisdiction, in turn, comes in two types: “original” and “appellate.” § 2, cl. 2. If a court exercises appellate jurisdiction, it does not exercise original jurisdiction. Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137, 175 (1803); 3 J. Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States § 1698, p. 574 (1833) (Story).

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