Ex Parte United States
Supreme Court of the United States
PETITION POR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION. Application by the United States for the writ of prohibition to restrain the District Court from entertaining further jurisdiction over a suit against federal officers, which was alleged to be in effect a suit against the United States and its property.
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PETITION POR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION. Application by the United States for the writ of prohibition to restrain the District Court from entertaining further jurisdiction over a suit against federal officers, which was alleged to be in effect a suit against the United States and its property. Right to prohibition: Naganab v. Ilitchcoon, 202 U. S. 473; Smith v. Whitney, 116 U. S. 167; In re .Rice, 155 U. S. 396; Ex parte Simons, 247-U. S. 231; Ex parte State of New 'York, 256 U. S. 490; Ex parte Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., 255 U. S. 273; Ex parte Peterson, 253 U. S. 300. The suit in question is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Motion on part of the United States, as asserted, owner of nineteen barges and four towboats, praying a writ of prohibition to be directed to the Hon. C. B. Faris, a Judge of the District Court, Eastern Division of the Eastern Judicial District of Missouri, and the other Judged thereof, to prohibit him and them from asserting and exercising jurisdiction in a certain suit brought March 25, 1923, by Edward F. Goltra against John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, and other officers of the United States, in which it was averred that a contract was made between the United States, represented by Major…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. BraySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- City and County of Denver v. New York Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Ex Parte MuirSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Ex parte OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Ex parte Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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- Roger Justice v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Goltra v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. GoltraSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Leonard v. WillcoxSupreme Court of Vermont · 1928
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