Legal Opinion

Davis v. City of Little Rock

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided December 23, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 3070PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEMLEY, District Judge.

This cause is before the court upon the question of the existence of federal jurisdiction with respect thereto, which question was raised by the Court upon its own motion, and upon the further question of whether or not the case is one that must be heard by a district court of three judges, as requested by the plaintiffs. From our consideration of the record before us, including pretrial briefs, we have concluded that this is not a case for a three-judge court, and we have also concluded that if federal jurisdiction exists at all, a point which we do not decide, such…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Phillips v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Ex Parte Public National Bank of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Ex Parte CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  5. Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Frank J. Ellis v. Mayor and City Council of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  2. Ellis v. Mayor and City Council of BaltimoreDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1964
  3. Zucker v. Bell Telephone Company of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. United Steelworkers v. FuquaDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1957

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