Legal Opinion
Weiss v. Los Angeles Broadcasting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1947No. 11373PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment which, on motion of appellees (Los Angeles Broadcasting Company, Calvin Smith and Lucille Blake), dismissed an action brought by appellant (Myra Tanner Weiss) against ap-pellees. Grounds of the motion were that the court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action, and that the amended complaint, hereafter called the complaint, did not state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
The action was one of a civil nature, at law. The matter in controversy exceeded, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Binderup v. Pathe Exchange, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Wiley v. SinklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Swafford v. TempletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Massachusetts Universalist Convention v. Hildreth & Rogers Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- Post v. PaytonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- The Network Project v. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1976
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