Legal Opinion
City of Huntsville v. City of Madison Owens Crossroads, Town of Gurley, Town of New Hope, City of Triana, Town of Madison County Marshall County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 1994No. 93-6554PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether the district court has federal question jurisdiction over the declaratory judgment action brought by the City of Huntsville, Alabama. Appellees, other Alabama local governments, had threatened to sue Huntsville for breach of contract as third-party beneficiaries to Huntsville’s contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). In the district court, Appellant Huntsville sought a declaration of its contractual rights and obligations to Appellees.
Huntsville contends that federal question jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. §…
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