Legal Opinion
Collins v. City of Wichita, Kansas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1955No. 5140PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.
*134This was a suit commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas for a declaratory-judgment declaring null and void a condemnation proceeding by the City of Wichita, Kansas, seeking to condemn a right of way for a water line across appellants’ land to bring water to the city limits. The ground on which Federal jurisdiction was invoked was that the condemnation proceedings and the statutes under which they were brought violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.1 A motion was filed by the city to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- North Laramie Land Co. v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Georgia v. City of ChattanoogaSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Huling v. Kaw Valley Railway & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Pottock v. MellottSupreme Court of Delaware · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Pierce v. Cook & Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- L. C. Collins and Lucille Collins, His Wife Earl Schneider and Mildred Schneider, His Wife v. The City of Wichita, Kansas, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Claudiatte Pierce, as Surviving Widow of Teddy Joe Pierce, Deceased, for Herself and Letitia Pierce, Minor Child of Teddy Joe Pierce, Deceased v. Cook & Co., Inc., Stephen Ellenwood, a Minor Under the Age of 21 Years, Who Sues by Judson Ellenwood, as Next Friend v. Cook & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Howard B. Chatham and His Wife, Mrs. Howard B. ChathamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Schwochert v. American Family Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1991
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