Legal Opinion
Mosher v. City of Phoenix
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 7, 1932No. 6 and 7PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
Decrees dismissing the bills of complaint for the want of jurisdiction were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, 54 F. (2d) 777, 778, and writs of certiorari were granted limited to the question of the jurisdiction of the District Court as a federal court. 285 U. S. 535.
There is no diversity of citizenship and jurisdiction depends upon the presentation by the bills of complaint of a substantial federal question. Jurisdiction is thus determined by the allegations of the bills and not by the way the facts turn out or by a decision of the merits. Pacific Electric Ry. Co. v. Los Angeles, 194…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. v. TafoyaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. City of AkronSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Mosher v. City of PhoenixArizona Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by96 opinions
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- George Groundhog v. W. W. KeelerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Robert H. Hargrave v. Shellie McKinneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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