Legal Opinion
In Re Cleland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1910No. 12, OriginalPublishedCited by 3 opinions
MANDAMUS. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus commanding the Honorable Henry H. Swan, sitting in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan, to dismiss a cause on the ground that the suit does not really and substantially involve a controversy within the jurisdiction of that court. Act of March 3, 1875, c. 137, §5. 18 Stat. 470, 472. The suit in question was begun on March 30, 1901, by a shareholder in an insolvent Michigan corporation, a mutual building and loan association, to have a receiver appointed and the association wound up. There were provisions in the…
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