Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. v. Baltimore & O. R.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 14, 1936No. 2325PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
This case has now been submitted to the court for final decree on the merits, after five days of testimony and argument. In a former opinion in the case, (D.C.) 12 F.Supp. 711, on motion to dismiss the bill, questions as to jurisdiction (Note 1), limitations, and parties, were considered and decided in favor of the plaintiff.
By bill in equity the plaintiff is suing for an accounting and recovery of an equitable and just division of a joint rail rate for freight carried for the period of November 9, 1928, to November 22, 1930. The shipments involved citrus fruit from…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Miller v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. The Alabama Great Southern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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