Legal Opinion
Miner v. Atlass
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1960No. 156PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
Certiorari was granted in this case, 361 U. S. 807, to review the decision of the Court of Appeals holding that a District Court sitting in admiralty lacked power to order the taking of oral depositions for the purpose of discovery only, and that Rule 32 of the Admiralty Rules of the Dis*642trict Court for the Northern District of Illinois, purporting to authorize the taking of such depositions,1 was invalid for want of authority in the District Court to promulgate it.
The issue arose in the following manner: The respondent filed a petition in admiralty seeking exoneration from or limitation of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cary v. CurtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Dowling v. Isthmian S.S. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Mercado v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- H. Leslie Atlass v. Hon. Julius H. Miner and Hon. Edwin A. Robson, Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by114 opinions
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- Burke, Kenneth M. v. Gould, William B.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- Colgrove v. BattinSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Eash v. Riggins Trucking Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- In Re American Continental Corporation/lincoln Savings & Loan Securities Litigation. Lexecon Inc. Daniel R. Fischel v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, a Partnership Patrick Coughlin William S. Lerach Kevin P. Roddy Leonard B. Simon Melvyn I. Weiss Patricia Hynes Michael C. Spencer Stephen R. Steinberg, in Re American Continental Corporation/lincoln Savings & Loan Securities Litigation. Lexecon Inc. Daniel R. Fischel v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, a Partnership Patrick Coughlin William S. Lerach Kevin P. Roddy Leonard B. Simon Melvyn I. Weiss Patricia Hynes Michael C. Spencer Stephen R. Steinberg, Cotchett, Illston & Pitre Joseph Cotchett Susan Illston, in Re American Continental Corporation/lincoln Savings & Loan Securities Litigation. Lexecon Inc. Daniel R. Fischel v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, a Partnership Patrick Coughlin William S. Lerach Kevin P. Roddy Leonard B. Simon Melvyn I. Weiss Patricia Hynes Michael C. Spencer Stephen R. SteinbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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