Legal Opinion
Southern Pac. Co. v. Railroad Commission
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 6, 1935No. 3683PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ST. SURE, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity brought by the Southern Pacific Company, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an order of the State Railroad Commission. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen complained to the commission that the rules and practices of the Southern Pacific Company in operating freight trains in the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Roseville, Cal., to the Nevada stale line subjected train crews to unreasonable hardship and danger. After a hearing, the commission issued the following order:
“It is hereby ordered that during the period between October 1st and March…
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