Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 9, 1925No. 17953PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTIE, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought suit in the state district court for the parish of St. Mary. Defendant duly obtained an order to remove same to this court on the ground of diversity of citizenship. Plaintiff thereupon appeared in this court and prayed that the suit be remanded to the district court for the parish of St. Mary.
The basis of this latter motion is that the plaintiff’s cause of action is under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Louisiana (Act No. 20 of 1914), and that this law is not enforceable irl any federal court, because the methods of enforcing that law .are not…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Scott v. NeelySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Pusey & Jones Co. v. HanssenSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Guffey v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Cates v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- William W. Bierce, Ltd. v. HutchinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Franzen v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Flowers v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
- Bradley v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1951
- California Prune & Apricot Growers' Ass'n v. Catz American Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1932
- McLaughlin v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
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