United States v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
On motion by the United States for a writ of mandamus against the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway to compel defendant to disclose to examiners employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission correspondence received by defendant and copies of correspondence sent by it and the indices pertaining to the same, etc.
1Opinion of the Court
SANFORD, District Judge.
The plaintiff’s verified petition for a writ of mandamus alleged that this suit was instituted by the district attorney, under the direction of the Attorney General and at the *256request of the Interstate Commerce Commission; that the defendant is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce and subject to the Interstate Commerce Act; that the Commission is, under sections 12 and 20 of said Act, as amended, vested with certain powers and charged with certain duties as set forth in the petition, including, under section 20, the right, at all times, to have “access to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Matter of SteinwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Harriman v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Heine v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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