Legal Opinion
Sharp v. Barnhart
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1941No. Nos. 7235, 7236PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals present the same legal problem; namely, jurisdiction of the United States District Court of a suit involving a liquor shipment in interstate commerce, wherein less than $3,000 is involved. Each suit was to recover for a different shipment of liquor which was seized by the State of Indiana, while in transit through that state. The trucks transporting the liquor were stopped for minor traffic violations, whereupon liquor was discovered and seized.
The District Court dismissed both suits for want of jurisdiction, because $3,000 was not involved.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
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- McDonald v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- H. P. Welch Co. v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Eichholz v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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- Canterbury v. BarnhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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- Wallace v. City of Rock IslandDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1961
- Christner v. Poudre Valley Cooperative Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1955
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