Legal Opinion
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. v. Central R. of New Jersey
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1940No. 484PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, District Judge.
Plaintiff’s complaint prays for a decree under the Federal Declaratory Judgment-Act, Section 274d, Judicial Code, 28 U.S. C.A. § 400.
Defendant filed a motion to dismiss. The motion to dismiss is limited to the allegations of the complaint, and, being the equivalent of a demurrer, the court is called upon to interpret the allegations of such complaint, and to accept all such allegations as being true, and to determine whether such complaint presents a cause of action based upon the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act. Auto Mutual Indemnity Co. v. Dupont, D.C., 21 F.Supp.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. YeattsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Familias Unidas v. BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United Fuel Gas Co. v. Columbian Fuel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
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