Legal Opinion
City of Louisville v. Louisville Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1930No. 5570PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKENLOOPER, Circuit Judge.
The Louisville Railway Company filed its bill’ in the District Court seeking an injunction against the enforcement of what is claimed to be a confiscatory rate of fare fixed by the general council of the city of Louisville. The only question presented by the present appeal is that of the jurisdiction of the federal courts as such. Equity jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the litigation is conceded. As of August 25, 1922, after other grants and prolonged litigation, the Louisville Railway Company surrendered all its various franchise rights within the city of…
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