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Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 1, 1926No. 417PublishedCited by 203 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Transportation Act, 1920, c. 91, § 402, 41 Stat. 456, 477-8, provides, Paragraph (18): “. . . no carrier by railroad subject to this Act shall undertake the extension of its line of railroad • . . -.unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certifi--cate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction . . . of such extended line . . .” Paragraph (22): “ The authority of the Commission [so] conferred . . . shall not extend to the construction ... of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. New England Divisions CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  4. The Chicago Junction CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  5. Railroad Commission v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922

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3Cited by203 opinions

  1. A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Stoll v. GottliebSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio StationSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. McLean Trucking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Colorado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926

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