Legal Opinion

City of Springfield v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 12, 1938No. 3361PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Federal District Court of Massachusetts.

The suit in which the decree appealed from was rendered was brought by the United States against the City of Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Ralph L. Munn, as its collector of taxes, to restrain the defendants from selling certain property of the United States for non-payment of taxes for the year 1937, amounting to $18,001.14. The complaint alleges that the property on January 1, 1937, when the assessment was made, was not subject to taxation by the City of Springfield;…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. United States v. RickertSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Department of Employment v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. LivingstonDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1959
  3. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston v. Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
  4. James Anderson, as Trustees of Hermann Hospital Estate v. United States of America and the Veterans AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  5. United States v. State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973

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