Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad Company

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 11, 1911No. 31PublishedCited by 26 opinions

APPEAL FRQM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE . EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of a decree of the Circuit Court in regard to the joint use of railroad tracks between Omaha and Council Bluffs, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

The question in the case is whether the decree of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska, rendered in a suit brought by appellee against the Union Pacific Railroad Company in 1903, which adjudged to appellee and to its lessee, the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, the equal and joint use of the main and passing tracks of the Union Pacific, means the use of such tracks in connection with the bridge of that company over the Missouri river between Omaha and Council Bluffs, or the tracks independently of such use, or, in other words, a general use of the tracks for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Union Pacific Railroad v. Mason City & Fort Dodge RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905

3Cited by26 opinions

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  4. Little Earth Of The United Tribes, Inc. v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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