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Supreme Court· 11/16/1953

Arkansas v. Texas

Citations

  • 346 U.S. 368
  • 74 S. Ct. 109
  • 98 L. Ed. 2d 80
  • 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1506
  • 98 L. Ed. 80

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Texas A M is an agency of the State of Texas
  • holding that Arkansas had Article III standing to represent the interests of the University of Arkansas because under Arkansas law “the University of Arkansas is an official state instrumentality” and “any injury . . . to the University is an injury to Arkansas”
  • holding that Arkansas had Article III standing to represent the interests of the University of Arkansas because under Arkansas law “the University of Arkansas is an official state instrumentality” and “any injury . . . to the University is an injury to Arkansas”
  • continuing motion to file complaint until it could be determined whether pending state court action involving other parties but same issues would \resolve[] the whole controversy\
  • looking \behind and beyond the legal form in which the claim of the State is pressed\ and finding that the defendant State of Arkansas was the \real party in interest\ where Texas interfered with a contract with the University of Arkansas
  • looking “behind and beyond the legal form in which the claim of the State is pressed” and finding that the defendant State of Arkansas was the “real party in interest” where Texas interfered with a contract with the University of Arkansas

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Judges: Douglas, Jackson, Frankfurter, Clark, Minton

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