Legal Opinion
City of Newark v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 1925No. 351PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
'delivered the- opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought by the-City of- Newark to enjoin the construction of a bridge across Newark Bay. Jersey City and the State of New Jersey by .leave of court intervened as parties complainant.
Under the authority of c. 64, Laws of New Jersey, 1860, the. defendant company constructed and has since maintained and' used a double-track wooden railroad bridge, with bascule draws, across Newark Bay. It is below Newark, between Elizabeth and Bayonne, and crosses the channel at an angle of about 66 degrees. Newark Bay is a navigable estuary, and its waters at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- WILLSON AND OTHERS v. the Black Bird Creek Marsh CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1829
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- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
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- Northwest Paper Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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