Legal Opinion
Thomas M. Debevoise, Attorney General of the State of Vermont, and State of Vermont v. Rutland Railway Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 1961No. 363, Docket 26721PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
The State of Vermont, by its chief legal officer, appeals from a permanent injunction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, which injunction forbade the State of Vermont to run the Vermont lines of the Rutland Railroad by way of a receivership that had been created by the Rut-land County Court of Chancery on the state’s petition. Vermont claims that the federal court had no power to remove the case from the state court and that therefore its injunction was a nullity. We agree.
The Rutland Railway was shut down on September 16, 1960 when…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- In Re WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Rutland Railway Corp. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1960
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