Legal Opinion

United States v. Union Pac. R.

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided March 25, 1940No. 440PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLET, District Judge.

Application for temporary injunction in proceeding instituted by the Attorney-General at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission to restrain alleged violations of the Elkins Act, U. S.C.A. Title 49, Sec. 41 et seq.1

The defendants are the Union Pacific Railroad Company, hereinafter referred to as the Union Pacific, the City of Kansas City, Kansas, and its officials, hereinafter referred to as the “City,” a number of wholesale produce dealers who are interstate shippers, two individual defendants characterized as promoters and the latter’s attorney.

It is charged…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. United States v. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. United States v. Hocking Valley Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1911
  4. State ex rel. Parker v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  5. Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. L. Singer & Sons v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Union Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Matter of Application of Air Terminal Services, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1964
  4. State ex rel. McDowell v. McCombsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1943
  5. L. Singer & Sons v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940

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