Legal Opinion
Hampton v. North Carolina Pulp Co.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided February 20, 1943PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEEKINS, District Judge.
This is a civil action at law brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in which the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant damages in the sum of $30,000 for the alleged wrongful diversion and destruction of fish in the navigable waters of the Roanoke River near Plymouth, North Carolina. A motion to dismiss the cause for failure of the complaint “to state a claim upon which relief can be granted” was heard by me at Raleigh in Term and thereafter briefs were filed in due course.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- State v. . OliverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
- State v. . GlenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1859
- State v. . WhedbeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Farmers Co-Operative Manufacturing Co. v. Albemarle & Raleigh RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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3Cited by3 opinions
- J. H. Miles & Co., Inc. v. McLean Contracting Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Hampton v. North Carolina Pulp Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944
- J. H. Miles & Co., Inc. v. McLean Contracting Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950