Legal Opinion
Rand v. State of Arkansas
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Decided February 16, 1961No. Civ. A. 428PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN E. MILLER, Chief Judge. .
On February 9, 1961, the petitioner, Mrs. Virginia Rand, filed her petition for the removal to this court of the above proceeding from the Circuit Court of Benton County, Arkansas.
To date no motion to remand has been filed by the State of Arkansas, but it is the duty of a court to ask and answer for itself the question whether it has jurisdiction. Westark Production Credit Ass’n v. Fidelity & Deposit Co., D.C.W.D.Ark.1951, 100 F.Supp. 52, 56.
Rule 12(b) (2) of the Fed.R.Crim.P., 18 U.S.C.A., provides:
“ * * * Lack of jurisdiction or the failure of the indictment or…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. SheetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Maxwell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
- Bruce Baines v. City of Danville, Virginia, Hildreth G. McGhee v. City of Danville, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- State of Arkansas v. HowardDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1963
- City of Birmingham, Alabama v. CroskeyDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1963
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