Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1923No. 303PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Legislature of Arkansas created, by a special law, the Little River Drainage and Levee District of Sevier County, No. 1, a body corporate, and defined its boundaries. Act 186 of Acts of 1915, p. 747, amended by Act 79 of Acts of 1917, p. 348. This suit was brought in the federal court for the Western District of Arkansas, Texar-kana Division, by two railroad companies to restrain enforcement of a tax levied in the year 1918 under that act. The defendants below were the district, its officers, and the sheriff and collector of Sevier…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Branson v. BushSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District Number 6 of Little RiverSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Thomas v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
3Cited by52 opinions
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- Ex Parte CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Martin v. Dade Muck Land Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Allegheny County v. MonzoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Evans v. Beattie, Comptroller GeneralSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
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