New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority

9 Cited authorities

West v. AT&T Co.
311 U.S. 223 (1940) Cited 1,628 times
Holding that federal courts must defer to an intermediate state court's interpretation of state law, made in the very case under consideration, when the state supreme court has denied review
King v. Order of Travelers
333 U.S. 153 (1948) Cited 334 times
Holding that the decrees of "lower state courts" are not "controlling" but must be "attributed some weight"
Fidelity Trust Co. v. Field
311 U.S. 169 (1940) Cited 381 times
Holding that the federal courts must follow the ruling of an intermediate state court only when the highest court of the state has not addressed the legal issue
Government Employees v. Windsor
353 U.S. 364 (1957) Cited 122 times
Holding that a federal district court should retain jurisdiction until all efforts to obtain adjudication on constitutional questions have been exhausted in the state courts
California v. Taylor
353 U.S. 553 (1957) Cited 103 times
Holding preempted a California law that forbade collective bargaining by the employees of the state-owned railroad
R.F.C. v. Beaver County
328 U.S. 204 (1946) Cited 132 times
Holding that federal courts are justified disregarding state law if the Congressional purposes underlying federal law would be undermined
Dyer v. Sims
341 U.S. 22 (1951) Cited 112 times
Holding that the West Virginia Constitution authorized the State Legislature "to enter into a compact which involves delegation of power to an interstate agency and an agreement to appropriate funds for the administrative expenses of the agency"
Plumbers' Union v. Door County
359 U.S. 354 (1959) Cited 37 times
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN. No. 396. Argued March 26, 1959. Decided May 4, 1959. A county, a general contractor and a plumbing contractor sued in a State Court to enjoin picketing by a plumbers' union, because of the employment of nonunion plumbers, which had stopped work on an addition to the county courthouse, about half of the total cost of which was the cost of materials brought from outside the State. Held: The controversy was exclusively within the jurisdiction of the National
Civil Service Forum v. New York City Tr. Authority
4 N.Y.2d 866 (N.Y. 1958) Cited 20 times
Argued January 21, 1958 Decided April 3, 1958 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, JOHN E. CONE, J. Lester G. Knopping and Nathan Grossman for appellants. Edward L. Cox, Jr., Daniel T. Scannell and Helen R. Cassidy for respondent. John F. O'Donnell for intervenor-respondent. Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion. VAN VOORHIS, J. I concur for affirmance mainly by reason of the limited nature of this contract combined with the history of unionization

New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority

9 Cited authorities

Holding that federal courts must defer to an intermediate state court's interpretation of state law, made in the very case under consideration, when the state supreme court has denied review

Holding that the decrees of "lower state courts" are not "controlling" but must be "attributed some weight"

Holding that the federal courts must follow the ruling of an intermediate state court only when the highest court of the state has not addressed the legal issue

Holding that a federal district court should retain jurisdiction until all efforts to obtain adjudication on constitutional questions have been exhausted in the state courts

Holding preempted a California law that forbade collective bargaining by the employees of the state-owned railroad

Holding that federal courts are justified disregarding state law if the Congressional purposes underlying federal law would be undermined

Holding that the West Virginia Constitution authorized the State Legislature "to enter into a compact which involves delegation of power to an interstate agency and an agreement to appropriate funds for the administrative expenses of the agency"