Railroad Commission v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This case .comea here upon appeal by the railroad commission, which was defendant below, from a decree of the Circuit Court.of the United States for die Eastern District of Louisiana, enjoining the enforcement- of certain rates prescribed by the • railroad commission of that State, fór use by the appellee telephone company therein.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This case .comea here upon appeal by the railroad commission, which was defendant below, from a decree of the Circuit Court.of the United States for die Eastern District of Louisiana, enjoining the enforcement- of certain rates prescribed by the • railroad commission of that State, fór use by the appellee telephone company therein. The appellant was created under art. 283 of the constitution of the State'of Louisiana; and art. 284 of that constitution authorizes it to adopt just and reasonable rates,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Peckham,
after' making.The foregoing state-ment, delivered the opinion of the court.
The complainant herein is a citizen of the State of Kentucky, while the 'defendant is a citizen of the State of Louisiana, and á case of diverse' citizenship therefore appears on the record. The complainant is transacting its business in several States, in a territory which is said to be four hundred miles wide and one thousand miles long, beginning in Indiana and Illinois and extending through the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico. Its capital, from the…
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