Legal Opinion
South Carolina State Ports Authority v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided September 23, 1954No. 3751, 3752, 3754PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge.
These actions were removed from the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, under Section 1441(a), U.S.C.A., Title 28, which authorizes the removal of “any civil action * * * of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction * * The question has arisen whether they are actions of which this Court has original jurisdiction, and the actions have been consolidated for the purpose of its determination.
At the outset it must be remembered that the United States District Court is a court of limited, not of general, jurisdiction;…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Shulthis v. McDougalSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Heath v. City of FairfaxCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Fred W. Ristow Susan M. Ristow v. South Carolina Ports Authority, an Agency of the State of South Carolina the Ss Unknown, an Unknown Ocean Going ShipCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Winsor v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1958
- West Virginia State Bar v. BosticDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1972
- Miller v. LeeDistrict Court, W.D. South Carolina · 1965
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