Lane v. Whitaker
District Court, D. Connecticut
In Equity. Suit by Leslie Dane and others against Sheridan T. Whitaker, prosecuting attorney, and others. On motion by complainants for preliminary injunction.
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In Equity. Suit by Leslie Dane and others against Sheridan T. Whitaker, prosecuting attorney, and others. On motion by complainants for preliminary injunction. This suit is instituted by the several complainants for an injunction seek-tag to restrain the prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties, the chief of police of the city of New Haven, and the superintendent of the state police of Connecticut, from enforcing a law recently enacted in the State of Connecticut, which makes it a penal offense for the complainants to carry on their business as jitney bus carriers. Chapter 77, Public…
1Opinion of the CourtManton, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The plaintiffs have been engaged in the business of operating public motor vehicles in the city of New Haven and own motor busses for this service. They therefore have a property investment in this equipment. They charge a fare to the passengers carried by them. The defendants, except the Connecticut Company, are public officials who have as their duty the enforcement of the statute which is here considered. The Connecticut Company is interested in the litigation for the reason that it has franchise grants and runs trolley cars along the streets of New…
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