Legal Opinion
Fleming v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Clinchfield Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 6, 1950No. Record 3706PublishedCited by 13 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.
The Clinchfield Railroad Company filed a petition on June 24, 1949, asking that it be allowed to curtail the operation of two of its passenger trains in Virginia which are operated daily between Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Elkhorn City, Kentucky, and return, a distance of 277 miles. The trains involved are Nos. 37 and 38, and are local trains making many stops. This railroad operates through Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina. In Virginia its line runs through Dickenson, Scott, Russell and Wise counties. The petitioner requested authority to operate its train going…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1948
- Aetna Insurance v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
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3Cited by13 opinions
- City of Newton v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1951
- Brush v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
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