Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Benson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 24, 1957No. Civ. A. 17610PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYERS, District Judge.
This is a plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary injunction in an action in which the complaint was filed May 8, 1957 for a permanent injunction against the spraying of trees on plaintiffs’ lands. The object of the spraying is to eradicate gypsy moths.
The motion is based upon the affidavits of the plaintiffs Murphy, Richards, and Spock; also those of Dr. W. C. Martin, a practicing physician in New York and Dr. Morton S. Biskind, a practicing pharmacologist of Westport, Connecticut. These gentlemen have' made special studies in the field of insecticides and their effects upon…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Williams v. FanningSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- William Jameson & Co. v. MorgenthauSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Noreen v. Van DykeDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1955
3Cited by5 opinions
- Murphy v. BensonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Murphy v. BensonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1958
- Murphy v. BensonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Robert Cushman Murphy v. Lloyd Butler, Area Supervisor, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Robert Cushman Murphy v. Lloyd Butler, Area Supervisor, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960