Legal Opinion
Southland Mall, Incorporated v. Garner
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided October 3, 1968No. Civ. A. C-68-68PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
BAILEY BROWN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Southland Mall, Inc., a Maryland corporation, has sued the Tax Assessor and the Trustee (tax collector) 'of Shelby County, Tennessee and the members of the Quarterly Court (a legislative body) and County Commission of the County to recover a refund of realty tax for the year 1967 that was assessed on plaintiff’s shopping center in the County and paid by plaintiff under protest. Plaintiff relies on both diversity and general federal question jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1332), and the jurisdictional amount is present.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Township of Hillsborough v. CromwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. BrowningSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Percy Bland v. Robert McHannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United Gas Pipe Line Company v. Arvis E. Whitman, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector, Bienville Parish, LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Lurie Company v. Loew's San Francisco Hotel Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1970
- Kistner v. MillikenDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1977
- Mandel v. HutchinsonDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1971
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