Legal Opinion

Chicago Great Western Railway Co. v. Kendall

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 17, 1924No. 22 and 23PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft

These two bills in equity, one by the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, a corporation of Illinois, and the other by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, a corporation of Illinois and Iowa, were brought against the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Auditor and the Treasurer of Iowa, and another, constituting the Executive Council of the State, to enjoin the assessments for taxation of the railway properties of the complainants in Iowa as fixed by the Council. The injunction was sought on the ground that although, under the laws and constitution of Iowa, all property,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Siler v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Sioux City Bridge Co. v. Dakota CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of WakefieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  4. Greene v. Louisville & Interurban RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Cummings v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880

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3Cited by98 opinions

  1. Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Township of Hillsborough v. CromwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Iowa-Des Moines National Bank v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Stratton v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930

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