Rockefeller v. O'Brien
District Court, N.D. Ohio
In Equity. Suit by John D. Rockefeller against P. C. O’Brien, County Treasurer of Cuyahoga county, Ohio.
1Opinion of the Court
CDARKE, District Judge.
' The controversy in this case involves a great sum of money, but this does, not increase the difficulty of a just decision of it. The federal and state courts of the country have been in singular accord in condemning many of the methods by which Mr. Rockefeller has acquired much of his great fortune, but the character of these methods is not involved in this suit, for the claim of the county assumes that he is the lawful owner of the $311,000,000 and more invested in “bonds, stocks, joint-stock companies, annuities and otherwise,” upon which it seeks to collect the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Peck v. JennessSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
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- Tumulty v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Singer Sewing Mach. Co. v. CooperDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1920
- In re WiseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
- O'Brien v. RockefellerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917