Legal Opinion
Southern Pac. Co. v. McAdoo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1936No. 7954PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATFIEWS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered by a District Court of the United States (10 F.Supp. 953) in a proceeding removed to that court from a state court of California. The proceeding was commenced under the California Declaratory Judgment Act of May 27, 1921 (Statutes of 1921, c. 463, p. 689, Code of Civil Procedure, §§ 1060-1062). The only relief sought is a declaratory judgment.
The question we have to decide is whether the District Court had jurisdiction of this proceeding. Though not raised by the parties, this question is necessarily before us and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- Odis R. Van Buskirk v. Fred T. Wilkinson, as Warden of the United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Jones v. BrushCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
- Love v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
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