Legal Opinion

John J. Shanahan v. George B. Landers Construction Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 1, 1959No. 5425_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered for the plaintiff in a civil action properly brought in the court below under its diversity jurisdiction. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1). The plaintiff is, or was, 1 a New Hampshire corporation engaged in the construction business with its principal office in Newington in that state. The defendants are two Massachusetts corporations and an individual citizen of that Commonwealth. There can be no doubt whatever that enough is in controversy to confer federal jurisdiction.

The complaint alleged the conversion of a power…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Sampson v. ChannellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
  3. Thomas G. Jewett, Jr. Inc. v. Keystone Driller Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  4. Gray v. GraySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1934
  5. Cutting v. WhittemoreSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1903

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Universal CIT Credit Corporation v. HulettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  2. Cook and Sons Equipment, Inc. v. Morris KillenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  3. Associates Discount Corp. v. CaryCivil Court of the City of New York · 1965
  4. Doucot v. IDS Scheer, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
  5. Rawl's Auto Auction Sales, Inc. v. Dick Herriman Ford, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982

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