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STATE OF TEX. v. WEST PUB. CO.

No. 88-1114.

882 F.2d 171 (1989)

The STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna L. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Linda L. Holstein, Vance R. Opperman, Ray Oechsler, Opperman & Paquin, Minneapolis, Minn., J. Hampton Skelton, Austin, Tex., Michael Lowenberg, Kathleen M. LaValle, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant the State of Texas (Texas) appeals the district court's dismissal of its suit against defendant-appellee West Publishing Company (West) seeking declaratory judgment that West's copyright in West's arrangement of Texas statutes is invalid. 681 F.Supp. 1228. The district court dismissed the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after concluding that the action did not present an...

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