Haskell v. Cowham
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Bill by W. F. Cowham against Charles N. Haskell, Governor of Oklahoma, and others. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
May the officers of a state by means of its police or proprietary power over the highways of the state prevent all interstate commerce in a sound article thereof? This is the question which in the last analysis this case presents. It arises on an appeal taken by Chaides N. Haskell, the former governor, Charles West, the Attorney General, and others, from an interlocutory injunction against their so doing. That injunction was granted at the suit of the complainant below, W. F. Cowham, a citizen of the state of Michigan, upon this state of facts: He is the owner of gas…
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