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· 9/16/1961

Kirby Lumber Corporation v. State of Louisiana, Through Anacoco-Prairie State Game and Fish Commission

Citations

  • 293 F.2d 82

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a political subdivision cannot pursue a suit on its own unless it is “a separate and distinct corporate entity”
  • power to sue and be sued one of only two characteristics cited by court in holding entity to be independent

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Judges: Tuttle, Rives, De Vane

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