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· 2/13/1917

The Johnson Lighterage Co. No. 24

Citations

  • 240 F. 435
  • 1917 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1382

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  • “If the [federal] sovereign thus chooses as its agent a state corporation which can be sued it cannot by ipse dixit deprive one injured by such agent of the right to sue.”

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Judges: Haight

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