Rogers v. Hennepin County
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the method of determining the amount in controversy in order to give jurisdiction to the District Court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Three complainants, claiming to represent themselves and others like situated (numbering altogether 550), instituted this proceeding in equity against Hennepin County, Minnesota, and certain of its officers, in the District Court of the United States, seeking an injunction to prevent collection of a tax under forty dollars assessed against each of them, for the year 1913, on account of his membership in the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. Defendants challenged the court’s power to entertain the cause upon the ground that the amount in controversy as to each complainant is the sum charged…
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