Legal Opinion
Ahoyian v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 4, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 62-332-FPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
This motion to dismiss an action brought to declare Chapter 354 of Massachusetts Acts of 1952, as amended, hereinafter the Act, to be in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution does not require extensive discussion. Plain*669tiffs do not favor us with a reference to the particular statute under which they assert our jurisdiction. All parties, with the exception of a corporation having its principal place of business there, are citizens of Massachusetts. There are 18 named plaintiffs, but the complaint is framed in the nature of a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Dreyer v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Connecticut River Railroad v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley v. VolpeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley v. VolpeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Robie v. Massachusetts Turnpike AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley, the Sierra Club and the Village of Tarrytown, New York v. John Volpe, Individually and as Secretary of Transportation of the Unitedstates, Walter J. Hickel, Individually and as Secretary of the Interior of Theunited States, Stanley S. Resor, Individually and as Secretary of the Army Ofthe Unitedstates, and William F. Cassidy, Individually and as Chief of Engineers, Corpsof Engineers of the U.S. Army, J. Burch McMorran and as Commissioner of the Department of Transportation of Thestate of New York,intervenor-Appellant. Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley, the Sierra Club and the Village Oftarrytown, New York v. J. Burch McMorran Individually and as Commissioner of the Department Oftransportation of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970