Legal Opinion
Rorick v. Devon Syndicate, Ltd.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 1939No. 676PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. .Justice Douglas
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The case is here on a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. We granted the writ because the court below had decided an important question of local law in a way probably in conflict with applicable local decisions and probably had misconstrued certain federal statutes and a decision of this Court thereunder.
The basic question here involved is whether a federal district court, in the absence of jurisdiction in personam and after removal of a cause from a state court, where jurisdiction in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Toland v. SpragueSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Big Vein Coal Co. of W. Va. v. ReadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Clark v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Ex Parte Railway CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Freeman v. Bee MacHine Co., IncSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Jaftex Corp. v. Randolph Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Branic v. Wheeling Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- Davis v. Ensign-Bickford Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Rosenthal v. Frankfort Distillers Corp. Rosenthal v. Glazer's Wholesale Drug Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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