Southern Pac. Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
District Court, N.D. California
In Equity. Bill' by the Southern Pacific Company against the Railroad Commission of the State of California.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN EEEET, District Judge.
The bill seeks to enjoin the enforcement as invalid of an order of the respondent, the Railroad Com*701mission of the state, reducing certain class and commodity rates on freight moving between the port of San Pedro and the city of Pos Angeles over the lines of complainant’s railroad running between those points, so far as such rates apply to local or intrastate traffic. In answer to an order to show cause why an injunction pendente lite should not issue, the respondent has appeared and interposed a demurrer, both general and special, challenging the bill as wanting in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
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