Legal Opinion
Bell v. Hood
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1945No. 10790PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
The district court ruled that it was without original jurisdiction of the subject matter and dismissed the complaint. Plaintiffs below appeal. For convenience we shall refer to appellees as defendants.
The complaint filed in the district court sounds in tort; the damages prayed for far exceed the jurisdictional requirement as to value in controversy; there is no diversity of citizenship. It follows that the district court was right unless original jurisdiction of the case is conferred by § 41, Title 28 U.S.C.A., § 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended, the applicable part…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brown v. BullockDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Sheila Payne, Next Best Friend of Franklin Payne, a Minor v. Government of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Bell v. HoodDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947
- Brewer v. Hoxie School District No. 46Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
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