Legal Opinion
Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1937No. 446PublishedCited by 3,024 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The question presented is whether the District Court had jurisdiction of this suit under the Federal Declaratory-Judgment Act. Act of June 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 955; Jud. Code, § 274D; 28 U. S. C. 400. 1
The question arises upon the plaintiff’s complaint which was dismissed by the District Court upon the ground that it did not set forth a “controversy” in the constitutional sense and hence did not come within the legitimate scope of the statute. 11 F. Supp. 1016. The decree of dismissal was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 84 F. (2d) 695. We granted certiorari. November 16, 1936.
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