Legal Opinion

CB & Q. RAILWAY v. Drainage Comm'rs.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 5, 1906No. 157PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

200 U.S. 561 (1906)

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.

No. 157.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued December 14, 1905.

Decided March 5, 1906.

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Mr. Albert J. Hopkins, with whom Mr. Robert Bruce Scott and Mr. Chester M. Davis were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John K. Newhall and Mr. John M. Raymond for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

1. The first question is one of the authority…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  2. Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. Union Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. Salisbury Beauty Schools v. State Board of CosmetologistsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973

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