Union Bridge Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. ’ " This is a proceeding in the nature of a criminal information ip the.District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the Union Bridge Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania, owning and controlling a bridge across the Allegheny River near where it joins the Monongahela River to form the Ohio River — the Allegheny River being a navigable waterway of…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. ’ " This is a proceeding in the nature of a criminal information ip the.District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the Union Bridge Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania, owning and controlling a bridge across the Allegheny River near where it joins the Monongahela River to form the Ohio River — the Allegheny River being a navigable waterway of the United States, having its source .in New York and being navigable in both New York and Pennsylvania. Stating the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Harlan,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered.the, opinion of the court.
The 'first principal question raised by the defendant is whether the. 18th section of the River and Harbor Act of March 3d, 1899/ is in violation of the Constitution' of the United States as delegating legislative and judicial powers to the head of an-Executive Department of the' Government.-: This question, the Government contends, has been determined-in its favor by the principles heretofore announced by this court, and need not be discussed as if now presented' for the 'first time; In its judicial…
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