Legal Opinion
Santa Fe Pac. R. v. Ickes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 4, 1946No. 8956—7PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
The Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company-brought two actions in the District Court requesting relief by way of injunction and mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to determine the Railroad’s right to certain lands selected in accordance with Acts of 18741 and 1904 2, without regard to the release executed by the Santa Fe under Title III, Part II, § 321 of the Transportation Act of 1940.3 The District Court dismissed both complaints on the merits.4
The Santa Fe’s predecessor in interest, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, had received lands under an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. FallSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Journeymen Plasterers' Protective and Benevolent Society of Chicago, Local No. 5 v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. WorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Santa Fe Pac. R. v. IckesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1944
3Cited by1 opinion
- Krug v. Santa Fe Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947