| Litigants: | Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe |
| Submitdate: | October 19 |
| Submityear: | 1896 |
| Decidedate: | November 9 |
| Decideyear: | 1896 |
| Fullname: | Press Publishing Company v. Monroe |
| Usvol: | 164 |
| Uspage: | 105 |
| Parallelcitations: | 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. |
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]