Legal Opinion
Buromin Co. v. National Aluminate Corporation
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 6, 1947No. Civ. 538PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, District Judge.
1(a). Plaintiffs correctly argue that a declaratory judgment suit is not a suit in equity. It does not logically follow, however, that certain equitable principles are without application in such suits. A declaratory judgment suit defies any attempt to affix a label indicative of its character as either a legal or equitable proceeding. Such suits partake of the nature of both legal and equitable proceedings. While declaratory judgment proceedings clearly had their origin in matters essentially administered in a court of equity, yet it is a procedure just as available in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Paramount Publix Corp. v. American Triergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Edward Katzinger Co. v. Chicago Metallic Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by20 opinions
- General Motors Corporation v. BlevinsDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1956
- Johnson v. BagbyMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Carroll v. Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Long Corp. v. Tribunal de Distrito de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1951
- William Whitman Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1954
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