Legal Opinion
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. City of New Orleans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1947No. 11729PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This is an action under the Declaratory Judgments Act of June 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 955, 28 U.S.C.A. § 400. The parties plaintiff are Texas & Pacific Railway Company and Guy A. Thompson, Trustee of Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, citizens of Texas and Missouri, respectively.1 The party defendant is City of New Orleans, a municipal corporation under the laws of Louisiana, operating the Public Belt Railroad by and through a commission known as the Public Belt Railroad Commission. Federal jurisdiction is based solely on diversity of citizenship and the requisite…
2Cited by5 opinions
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