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· 12/4/1967

Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Johnston

Citations

  • 389 U.S. 985
  • 88 S. Ct. 481

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that the “doctrine of sovereign immunity” prevented federal court “from exercising jurisdiction” even after proper removal
  • quashing subpoena against EPA employees on the basis of a Touhy determination
  • quashing subpoena against EPA employees on the basis of a Touhy determination
  • “The assertion of state court authority to override the EPA’s Touhy regulations clearly violates the Constitution’s supremacy clause.”
  • “Congress has expressly limited Administrative Procedure Act review to the federal courts . . . .”
  • third-party subpoena served on federal official to testify in state-court action where federal agency was not a party to the underlying action

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