Legal Opinion
Jenkins Petroleum Process Co. v. Sinclair Refining Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 3, 1933No. 2722PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill for discovery in aid of an action at law brought by the Jenkins Com*664pany against the Sinclair Company. The District Court sustained a motion to dismiss and dismissed the bill; and the plaintiff appealed. The first question is whether on its face the bill states a ease for discovery.
The first point is whether bills for discovery still lie in the federal courts, or whether they have been superseded by Rev. St. § 724 (28 USCA § 636). In Carpenter v. Winn, 221 U. S. 533, at pages 539, 540, 31 S. Ct. 683, 685, 55 L. Ed. 842, it is said: “The statute-may…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Montana Railway Co. v. WarrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Carpenter v. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Cincinnati Siemens-Lungren Gas Illuminating Co. v. Western Siemens-Lungren Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hetzel v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1938
- H. Wagner & Adler Co. v. MaliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- General Paint Corporation v. KramerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- Matthews v. Continental Roll & Steel Foundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Matthews v. Continental Roll & Steel Foundry Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1941