Legal Opinion
Hawks v. Hamill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1933No. 147PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo
delivered the. opinion of the Court.
The respondents, claiming to be the owners of a perpetual franchise to collect tolls for the use of a bridge across, the Canadian River, brought suit in the United States District Court against the members of the State Highway Commission of Oklahoma, the Attorney General of that State, the County Attorneys of McClain and Cleveland Counties, and other persons, residents of the neighborhood, to restrain a threatened interference with the maintenance of the bridge or the collection of tolls. The jurisdiction of the federal court was invoked upon the ground of…
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