Supreme Court of the United States, 1939

Franklin v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 13, 1939

308 U.S. 516; 60 S. Ct. 170 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Sam C.osten Submitted for petitioners. Mr. Warner W. Gardner, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Paul A. Sweeney and Aaron B. Holman were on the brief, for the United States.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Peterman v. Department of Natural Resources (Mich. 1994)
JAMES T. BARNES & COMPANY v. Romney (District Court, E.D. Michigan 1971)
McMichael v. United States (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama 1945)
United States v. Sherwood (Supreme Court of the United States 1941)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The judgment is affirmed upon the ground that the District Court had no jurisdiction to entertain the suit. Judicial Code, § 24 (20); -28 U. S. C. § 41 (20). See Otis Elevator Co. v. United States, 18 F. Supp. 87 (D. C. S. D. N. Y.).

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