Canada Atlantic Transit Co. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; George A. Carpenter, Judge. Suit in equity by the Canada Atlantic Transit Company, the Erie & Western Transportation Company, the Eehigh Valley Transportation Company, the Rutland Transit Company, the Erie Railroad Company, and the Western Transit Company against the City of Chicago. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; George A. Carpenter, Judge. Suit in equity by the Canada Atlantic Transit Company, the Erie & Western Transportation Company, the Eehigh Valley Transportation Company, the Rutland Transit Company, the Erie Railroad Company, and the Western Transit Company against the City of Chicago. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal. This appeal is from a decree of the District Court, whereby appellants’ bill for injunctional relief against the city of Chicago is dismissed for want…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The city of Chicago has adopted an amendment to the Revised Municipal Code, in reference to navigation in the harbor and river in .Chicago, which prescribes (section 1014) that vessels passing any bridge shall move at a rate of'speed not less than two miles per hour and shall not obstruct “passage across such bridge more than five minutes,” and further requires (section 1016) that steam vessels of 1,200 tons gross burden or more, while navigating portions of the river defined in the amendment, “shall have the assistance of a tug or tugs”; • and the issue…
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- Gilman v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Escanaba Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Cummings v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Olsen v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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