United States v. Woodworth

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

1. The appellants contend that, as this suit was for an injunction restraining the collection of a state tax, the district court, Because of the last sentence of 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1) [now § 1341], lacked jurisdiction. We cannot agree. We think Congress did not intend this statutory provision, added by amendment in 1937, to apply to the United States which was not specifically named therein. United States v. United Mine Workers, 330 U.S. 258, 272, 273, 67 S.Ct. 677, 91 L.Ed. 884. The Committee reports support this interpretation. See also City of Springfield v. United…