Legal Opinion
Sprague v. Woll
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 9, 1941No. 7674PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Petitioners, receivers for the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad Company, applied to the District Court for an injunction against enforcement of the Railway Labor Act by the United States Attorney. The Interstate Commerce Commission and certain unions intervened. The complaint was based upon the averment that an order of the Commission to the effect that the railroad is not exempt from but is subject to the Railway Labor Act is unlawful, arbitrary and capricious and unsupported by substantial evidence. The court found to the contrary and dismissed the complaint; the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Shields v. Utah Idaho Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Texas Electric Railway Co. v. EastusSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Sprague v. WollCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Chicago, S. S. & S. B. R. R. v. FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Texas Electric Ry. Co. v. EastusDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1938
3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Houston H. Feaster, Individually and as Director, Alabama State DocksdepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Public Service Com'n of New York v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1944
- Railway Labor Executives' Association and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, System Federation No. 1, Railway Employees Department, Afl-Cio, Etc., Intervenors and v. John G. Deroos, Etc., Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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