Robert R. Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Company
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP VIRGINIA. The facts are stated in the opinion. Regulation of transportation companies, particularly as to intrastate rates is an essential attribute of the State government, a legitimate and necessary part of the police power, to be exercised by such body as the State may select and clothe with the necessary powers.
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APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP VIRGINIA. The facts are stated in the opinion. Regulation of transportation companies, particularly as to intrastate rates is an essential attribute of the State government, a legitimate and necessary part of the police power, to be exercised by such body as the State may select and clothe with the necessary powers. Munn v. Illinois, 94 U. S. 113; Granger Cases, 94 U. S. 155; Railroad Commission Cases, 116 U. S. 307; Smythe v. Ames, 169 U. S. 523; Minn. &c. R. R. Co. v. Minnesota, 186 U. S. 257; Reagan v. Farmers’…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are bills in equity brought in the Circuit Court to. enjoin the members and clerk of the Virginia State Corporation Commission from publishing or taking any other steps to enforce a certain order fixing passenger rates. The bills allege, with some elaboration of the facts, that the rates in question are confiscatory, and other matters not necessary to mention, and set up the Fourteenth Amendment, etc. The defendants appeared specially, and by demurrer and plea respectively put forward that the proceedings before the commission are proceedings in a court of the State, which the courts of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Dreyer v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Roudebush v. HartkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1956
- Ison v. Western Vegetable DistributorsArizona Supreme Court · 1936
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