Legal Opinion

Peale v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 2, 1927No. 4519PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a bill for a mandatory injunction to compel the members of the Federal Power Commission and the Commission to revoke and vacate a preliminary permit and license issued to the San Joaquin Light & PowSr Corporation to certain power rights on the E. % of section 86, township 10 S., range 27 E. M. D. M., situated in the state of California»

The petition was dismissed upon the single ground that this is in effect a suit against the United States. The motion to dismiss admits, for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Gray Eagle Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. Roughton v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Rosenberg v. C. W. Clarke Co.California Court of Appeal · 1962
  2. Work v. United States ex rel. PealeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
  3. (HC) Allen v. PhillipsDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2025
  4. (PC) Cuellar v. Madera County Dept. of CorrectionDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2021
  5. (PC) Vernon v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. California · 2024

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