Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. St. Charles Parish Police Jury
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 27, 1983No. Civ. A. No. 80-1544PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WICKER, District Judge.
This is a suit to enjoin the enforcement of a parish ordinance limiting the speed of trains transversing the Parish of St. Charles, Louisiana to 25 mph or less on the grounds that the ordinance in question makes no contribution to safety and unconstitutionally interferes with the movement of goods and passengers in interstate commence in violation of the Commerce Clause.
This matter was tried to the Court on a former date. On the morning of the second day of trial, counsel for the defendant advised that the ordinance had been repealed and moved to dismiss plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du MondSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Southern Pac. Transp. v. ST. CHARLES PAR. POL. JURYDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983