Legal Opinion
Stevenson v. Holstein-Friesian Ass'n of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 4, 1929No. 171PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
Coneededly a District Court has no original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus. Knapp v. Lake Shore & M. S. R. Co., 197 U. S. 536, 25 S. Ct. 538, 49 L. Ed. 870; Rosenbaum v. Bauer, 120 U. S. 450, 7 S. Ct. 633, 30 L. Ed. 743; Covington & C. Bridge Co. v. Hager, 203 U. S. 109, 27 S. Ct. 24, 51 L. Ed. 111. The theory upon which the bill was dismissed was that the relief demanded was in effect the issuance of such a writ, and that the substitution of a remedy by injunction for a remedy by mandamus is no more permissible in the federal courts than in the state courts.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Liberty Oil Co. v. Condon National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Warner Valley Stock Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Rosenbaum v. BauerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. HagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- In Re Haebler v. . N.Y. Produce ExchangeNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gottlieb v. Economy Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- Vaughan v. John C. Winston Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. MarkowitzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
- United States Ex Rel. Vassel v. DurningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Jackson v. American Yorkshire ClubDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1971
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