Lucking v. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a decree of the District Court which dismissed, on the merits, a bill brought by the appellant to compel the appellee to continue operating a line of steamboats.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a decree of the District Court which dismissed, on the merits, a bill brought by the appellant to compel the appellee to continue operating a line of steamboats. This Court may grant plaintiff full relief, whether the right thereto is based upon the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act or upon the common-law right to compel a carrier to perform its duties, or upon a statute of Michigan. Greene v. Louisville & Interurban B. R. Co., 244 U. S. 499; Siler v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
March 25, 1921, appellant filed his complaint in the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, praying a mandatory injunction to compel appellee to operate its steamboats, Alpena II and Mackinac II, on the Detroit and Mackinac route in the navigation season of that year, as it had done in prior years.
Appellee is a corporation organized under the laws of Michigan, and has long been a common carrier of passengers and freight for hire on steamboats operated by it between Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio, between Detroit and Buffalo, New York, and between Detroit and Mackinac…
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