Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. City of St. Petersburg, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1957No. 16266PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, herein called the Railroad, is a Virginia Corporation and an interstate rail carrier of freight and passengers doing business in and between the States of Virginia, North Carolia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. In 1904 the City of St. Petersburg, a municipal corporation of Florida, adopted its Ordinance 73 reciting that the Railroad desired to build a depot on a part of Eighth Street therein described, situated in said City, and that the City and its inhabitants would be thereby benefited. By the Ordinance the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- City of St. Petersburg v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Florida R. R. & Public Utilities CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1951
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