ELECTRIC GAS-LIGHTING COMPANY

v.

TILLOTSON

Citator

Cited By

• Sewell v. Pegelow, 291 F.2d 196 (4th Cir. 1961)
  …hts, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1651. Moreover, there is no question that the District of Columbia is included in the phrase “any State or Territory” within the meaning of the Act. Talbott v. Board of Com’rs of Silver Bow County, 1891, 139 U.S. 438, 444, 11 S.Ct. 594, 35 L.Ed. 210; Hurd v. Hodge, 1948, 334 U.S. 24, 31, 68 S.Ct. 847, 92 L.Ed. 1187. It is beyond dispute that certain rights and privileges of citizenship are withdrawn from prisoners, but it has never been held that upon entering a prison one is ent…
• DOE v. McMILLAN, 459 F.2d 1304 (D.C. Cir. 1972)
  …at the courts have consistently held that the District of Columbia is a “State or Territory” within the meaning of this statute. See, e. g., Hurd v. Hodge, 334 U.S. 24, 68 S.Ct. 847, 92 L.Ed. 1187 (1948) ; Talbott v. Silver Bow County, 139 U.S. 438, 11 S.Ct. 594, 35 L.Ed. 210 (1891) ; Sewell v. Pegelow, 4 Cir., 291 F. 2d 196 (1961). Liability under the common law and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is not necessarily coextensive, and the scope of the official immunity doctrine seems narrow under the federal statute.…
• Int'l Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Juneau Spruce Corp., 189 F.2d 177 (9th Cir. 1951)
  …connotation appearing in the text of statutes should not be given a wide meaning, contrary to a settled policy, ‘excepting as a different purpose is plainly shown.’ ” Talbott v. Board of County Com’rs Silver Bow County, 139 U.S. 438, 441, 442, 443, 11 S.Ct. 594, 595, 35 L.Ed. 210. “In this section no express reference is made to territories; states only are mentioned. Tested by the letter, the argument is short and clear. Congressional permission is essential; no permission is given to the territories; th…