Legal Opinion
Work v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 14, 1925No. 5PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This is a suit in equity brought by the State of Louisiana against the Secretary of the Interior in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, seeking a restraining order and mandatory injunction relating to its prosecution of a swamp land claim under the Acts of March 2, 1849, c. 87, 9 Stat. 352, and September 28, 1850, c. 84, 9 Stat. 519. A motion by the Secretary to dismiss the bill was overruled ; and upon his election to plead no further, a decree was entered awarding an injunction. This was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of the District. Fall v. Louisiana, 287 Fed. 999. This…
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