Legal Opinion
Chicago v. Chicago Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 26, 1931No. 25PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
This suit was brought to restrain the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Attorney General of the State of Illinois from enforcing an order of the commission prescribing rates of fare upon the appellee’s railroads upon the ground that the order was confiscatory and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The City of Chicago was permitted to intervene as defendant. The District Court, composed of three judges (U. S. C., Title 28, § 380), granted an interlocutory *578injunction, and on final hearing entered its decree, adjudging, upon findings, that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Railroad Commission v. Los Angeles Railway Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- City of New York v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Quincy Railway Co. v. City of QuincyIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Chicago Railways Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bolster v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Fischer v. VoriesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Wright v. Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Mackey v. City of Little RockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. v. Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1950
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