Legal Opinion
Reed v. County Commissioners of Delaware
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 9, 1928No. 744PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
The petitioners brought this suit in the United States court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. The court held it was without jurisdiction and dismissed the. case. 21 F. (2d) 144. The Circuit Court of Appeals adopted its opinion and affirmed the decree. -21 F. (2d) 1018.
Petitioners maintain that the district court had jurisdiction under the first paragraph óf § 24 of the- Judicial Code, U. S. C. Tit. 28, § 41, which provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction “ of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, brought by the United States, or by any…
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