Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Greenough
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1938No. 8874PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing appellant’s complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The appellant predicated jurisdiction upon an alleged cause of action under legislation enacted by Congress during the reconstruction period (Act April 20, 1871, ch. 22, §§ 1, 2, 17 Stat. 13) and now embodied in the United States Code (8 U.S.C.A. §§ 43, 47). The latter section (47) expressly authorizes an action for the recovery of damages. Such an action, unless the claim made is purely colorable, is an action based upon the laws of the United States as to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by71 opinions
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