Legal Opinion
The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company v. State Mineral Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1956No. 15531PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
The question here is one of jurisdiction. Invoking the jurisdiction of the District Court, on the ground of diversity of citizenship, The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, a Maryland corporation, instituted this action against the Louisiana State Mineral Board, a public corporation, 1 seeking to restrain the Board from soliciting bids for or from granting a mineral lease or leases on certain lands, including the beds of certain water bodies, located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which lie within the confines of twenty-six regular and fractional sections in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Highway Comm. of Wyoming v. Utah Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. FarnsworthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Saint v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- State v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Jacintoport Corp. v. Greater Baton Rouge Port CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc. v. Architectural Stone Co., Inc., a Louisiana Corporation, and State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkantoor, N v. V. Alabama State Docks Department and Gulf American Fire & Casualty Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Kirby Lumber Corporation v. State of Louisiana, Through Anacoco-Prairie State Game and Fish CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Ward v. Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
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