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· 5/29/1933

Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co.

Citations

  • 289 U.S. 479
  • 53 S. Ct. 721
  • 77 L. Ed. 1331
  • 1933 U.S. LEXIS 1009

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that under a similar rule, FRCP 53, consolidation does not merge discrete actions into a single cause of action
  • holding that a district court cannot acquire subject matter jurisdiction over an improperly removed case through consolidation
  • holding that a district court cannot acquire subject matter jurisdiction over an improperly removed case through consolidation
  • holding that collateral attack can be successful only where and to the extent that it discloses want of power as distinguished from error in exercise of power
  • holding that collateral, attack can be successful only where and to the extent that it discloses want of power as distinguished from error in exercise of power
  • holding consolidation does not \make those who are parties in one suit parties in another\

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Judges: Van Devan, Butler, Brandéis

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