Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 28, 1941No. 577PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
Appellant, Arthur W. Mitchell, filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging an unjust discrimination in the furnishing, of accommodations to colored passengers on the line of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company from Chicago to Hot Springs, Arkansas, in violation of the Interstate Commerce Act. The Commission dismissed the complaint (229 I. C. C. 703) and appellant brought this suit to set aside the Commission’s order. Upon a hearing before three judges, the District Court found the facts as stated in the Commission’s findings, and held that the latter were…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by105 opinions
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- Washington v. LeeDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1966
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