Bacon v. Rutland Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT. The facts, which involve the validity of an order concerning a passenger station made by the Public Service Commission of Vermont, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT. The facts, which involve the validity of an order concerning a passenger station made by the Public Service Commission of Vermont, are stated in the opinion. Without differentiating in the constitutional sense between the powers and duties of administrative bodies engaged in the regulation of common carriers, when establishing a tariff of rates for the future, and when condemning in the interest of the public safety and convenience existing facilities and requiring the installation of improved or additional…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in Equity brought by the appellee, the. Railroad Company, to restrain the Public Service Commission of Vermont from enforcing an order concerning a passenger station of the Company at Vergennes. The order is alleged to violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The Commission moved, to dismiss the bill-on the ground that until the appellee had taken the appeal from the order to the Supreme Court of the State that is provided for by Pub. Stat. Vt. 1906, §§ 4599, 4600, it ought, not to be heard to complain elsewhere. The motion was overruled and the defendants not desiring to plead an…
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