Legal Opinion

The City of Lawton, Oklahoma and Charles M. Miller, City Health Officer for the City of Lawton, Oklahoma v. N. S. Chapman, D/B/A Chapman Dairy

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 4, 1958No. 5760PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, asserting diversity jurisdiction for the requisite amount, has permanently enjoined the City of Lawton, Oklahoma, its officers and agents, from interfering with the sale and distribution of milk by the Chapman Dairy within the corporate limits of Lawton. The City of Lawton appeals such order contending that the dairy operator, plaintiff below, failed in his proof that the jurisdictional amount was involved in the controversy and that as a consequence the federal court was without jurisdiction to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Dean Milk Co. v. City of MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  4. Grace v. American Central InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  5. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Basso v. Utah Power & Light Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  2. C. L. Whitelock v. Delbert LeathermanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
  3. Basso v. Utah Power And Light CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  4. T. O. Bradbury and N. B. Burt v. Frank DennisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  5. H. R. Gibson, Sr., D/B/A Gibson Products Company v. Clinton E. Jeffers, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973

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