Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Great Northern Railway v. Railroad Commission

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 1909No. 7616PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, Linn, J., entered March 19, 1908, affirming, on certiorari, rulings of the state railroad commission, fixing certain joint freight rates, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

On the 17th day of May, 1907, a complaint

was filed by the railroad commission of Washington against this appellant, the Great Northern Railway Company, and other railroad companies doing business in the state of Washington, viz.: the Northern Pacific Railway Company, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, the Washington and Columbia River Railroad Company, the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Company, and the Spokane & Inland Railroad Company. The complaint charged that the said companies had refused to fix joint rates from points in Eastern Washington to Puget Sound seaports. Citation was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. TynenSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. State ex rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. Railroad CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. State v. RogersOregon Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Little v. CogswellOregon Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Webster v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  2. State Ex Rel. Foster-Wyman Lumber Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Gregg v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913
  4. State ex rel. Tacoma Railway & Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  5. State v. EllisCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2014

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