1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 83 F.Supp.
  5. 83 F.Supp. 132 (1949)
 

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. McWILLIAMS DREDGING CO.

Civ. A. No. 2218.

83 F.Supp. 132 (1949)

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. McWILLIAMS DREDGING CO. et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

March 16, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Hammond, D. Ross Banister and Joseph A. Loret, all of Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, of New Orleans, La., for defendants.

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

This suit was removed from a state court on the grounds both of diversity of citizenship and the claim that interpretation of a Federal law was involved. It is an action in tort for alleged damages to a highway bridge across the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Plaintiff has moved to remand the case to the state court for the reasons that (1) it is an agency of the state created by Act No. 4 of the Louisiana Legislature for...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases