Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Cooper
Citations
- 120 U.S. 778
- 7 S. Ct. 777
- 30 L. Ed. 816
- 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2017
Syllabus
<p>Since the act of July 12,1882, c. 290, took’effect, a suit by or against National Banks cannot be removed from a state court to a Circuit Court of the United States, unless a similar suit by or against a state bank in like situation with the National Bank could be so removed.</p> <p>A case does not arise under the laws of the United States simply because this court has decided in another suit the questions of law which are involved.</p> <p>A case is not removable becaüse a colorable assignment has been made to give - a state court exclusive jurisdiction. Provident Savings Society v. Ford, 114 U. S. 635, and Oakley v. Goodnow, 118 U. S. 43, on this point affirmed.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a suit by or against a national bank is necessarily a suit arising under the laws of the United States because a national bank is a federally chartered corporation
- describing the purpose of the 1882 Act as “to put national banks on the same footing as the banks of the state where they were located for all the purposes of [federal] jurisdiction”
- describing the purpose of the 1882 Act as \to put national banks on the same footing as the banks of the state where they were located for all the purposes of [federal] jurisdiction\
- describing the purpose of the 1882 Act as \to put national banks on the same footing as the banks of the state where 20 WACHOVIA BANK v. SCHMIDT they were located for all the purposes of [federal] jurisdiction\
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Judges: Waite, Blatchford
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