Legal Opinion

City of Orange, Texas v. Levingston Shipbuilding Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 30, 1958No. 16912_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is appeal concerns e va i i y o e assessment of local ad valorem taxes made by the City of Orange, Texas on the personal property of Taxpayer s shipyard enterprise The case finds its way into the Federal Courts solely because of diversity of citizenship. Our disposition of it demonstrates, we think, that while presumably we must accept them, Meredith v. City of Winter Haven, 320 U.S. 228, 64 S.Ct. 7, 88 L.Ed. 9, and do the best we can with such matters relating to the intimate relation between local citizens and governmental entities of the State of Texas in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. State v. WhittenburgTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  4. City of Arlington v. CannonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Whelan v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. City of Houston and Houston Independent School District v. Standard-Triumph Motor Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  2. State v. Federal Land Bank of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Warren Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. Bade v. DrachmanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1966
  5. Bass v. Aransas County Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965

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