Legal Opinion
White v. Federal Radio Commmission
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 16, 1928No. 8566, 8575PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKERSON, District Judge.
These are suits to enjoin the enforcement of an order of the Federal Radio Commission on the ground that the Radio Act of 1927 (47 USCA §§ 81-119) is unconstitutional and that the Radio Commission proceeded improperly thereunder. The plaintiff made a motion for a temporary injunction on the face of the bill. Defendants then moved to dismiss the bill for want of jurisdiction in equity.
Courts sometimes say that there is no jurisdiction in equity, when they mean only that equity ought not to give the relief asked. In a strict sense the court in this case has…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Philadelphia Co. v. StimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Hammer v. DagenhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Jacob Ruppert v. CaffeySupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Adams v. TannerSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gene A. Folden, Coastal Communications Associates, and Judith A. Longshore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- City of Rochester v. BondCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Sykes v. Jenny Wren Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1935
- Black River Valley Broadcasts, Inc. v. McNinchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Technical Radio Laboratory v. Federal Radio CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1929
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