Legal Opinion
Hanna Mining Company v. Minnesota Power and Light Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1984No. 83-2625PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The Hanna Mining Co. (Hanna) brought this action to have the district court1 declare that a contract, under which Minnesota Power and Light Company (MP & L) has supplied electric power to the Butler Taco-nite Project in Northern Minnesota, was no longer binding. The district court, 573 F.Supp. 1395, dismissed the action on two grounds: first, that the action is barred by 28 U.S.C. § 1342 (1976) (the Johnson Act) and, second, that certain other parties were “indispensable” within the meaning of FED.R.CIV.P. 19 and that their joinder would defeat jurisdiction based on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wade Tennyson v. Gas Service Company, and Kansas Gas and Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Hanna Mining Co. v. Minnesota Power and Light Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1983
3Cited by23 opinions
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- Taber Partners, I v. Merit Builders, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Keesecker v. BirdWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
- U.S. West Inc. v. TristaniCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Aberman v. Malden Mills Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1987
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