Copp v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. The State Couvts have jurisdiction (concurrently with theU. S. Circuit Courts), of all suits of a civil nature, when the amount in dispute exceeds $2000, arising under the Constitution and Laws of the United States, inciutlingthe act to regulate commerce as one of those laws. 2*1 Statutes at Large, p. 552, year 1887; Olailin vs.Houseman, assignee,98 17.S. 180; Fystervs.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. The State Couvts have jurisdiction (concurrently with theU. S. Circuit Courts), of all suits of a civil nature, when the amount in dispute exceeds $2000, arising under the Constitution and Laws of the United States, inciutlingthe act to regulate commerce as one of those laws. 2*1 Statutes at Large, p. 552, year 1887; Olailin vs.Houseman, assignee,98 17.S. 180; Fystervs. Gaff,91U.S.525; McHenry vs. La Societe Franeaise, 95 U. S. 08; Davis vs. Friedlantler, 101 U. S. -570; Good - rich vs. IVilson, 139 Mass. 129; Didder…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bermudez, O. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a plea to the jurisdiction of a State Court, relegating the plaintiff to that of a Federal Court.
The action arises under the Act of Congress known as the Inter State Commerce Act, and is for the recovery of damages for averred un*513lawful discrimination by defendant injurious to • plaintiff, for the transportation of coal from, another State for several years. Y. 24, Statutes at Large, p. 552, See. 9.
The section relied on is to the effect that any person or persons claiming to be damaged by any…
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- Martin v. Hunter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1816
- Claflin v. HousemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Ex Parte McNielSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Dudley v. . MayhewNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
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