LOUISIANA LAND & EXPLORATION CO. v. STATE MINERAL BD.

No. 15531.

229 F.2d 5 (1956)

The LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE MINERAL BOARD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. K. Benson, J. B. Miller, H. H. Hillyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

H. M. Holder, Shreveport, La., James R. Fuller, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, John L. Madden, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Grove Stafford, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, for appellee.

Before BORAH and JONES, Circuit Judges, and BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Sr., District Judge.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

The question here is one of jurisdiction. Invoking the jurisdiction of the District Court, on the ground of diversity of citizenship, The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, a Maryland corporation, instituted this action against the Louisiana State Mineral Board, a public corporation,1 seeking to restrain the Board from soliciting bids for or from granting a mineral lease or leases on certain lands, including...

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