Texas v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. On motions to dismiss an original bill in this court, brought by the State- of Texas against the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Railroad Labor Board, and seeking to have declared unconstitutional certain portions of the Transportation Act of 1920, to annul all action taken thereunder by either defendant in respect of railroad carriers in Texas, and to restrain the defendants from taking any further action- thereunder in respect of those carriers.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a bill in equity brought in this court by the State of Texas against the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Railroad Labor Board. The relief sought is, first, a declaration that the main provisions 1 of Titles III and IV of the Transportation Act of 1920, c. 91, 41 Stat. 456, 469, 474. are unconstitutional and void, secondly, an annulment of all action heretofore taken thereunder, by either defendant, in respect of railroad carriers in Texas, and, thirdly, an injunction restraining the defendants from taking any further action thereunder in respect of those carriers. The right of…
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